Chapter 175

She did not. Oh yes, she had. Acat couldn't believe she nipped him. On his buttocks! Worse, it didn't go unseen.

"Ha, she has marked Acat first," jeered a warrior.

"His woman thinks to claim him," snickered another. "Perhaps she will fight for him as well."

"She didn't draw blood. Perhaps she is not his chosen."

"She is mine," Acat roared in an attempt to quell the taunts as others sought to undermine his claim.

Chaob laughed. "Ignore them. They are just jealous that we found her first."

"I am beginning to wish I hadn't," Acat growled as he climbed the ladder leading up to the bridal hut.

"Liar. You want her as much as I do."

"She is more trouble than I anticipated. And possibly crazy."

"No, she has spirit," Chaob corrected. "I, for one, like that."