536 SLEEPY

"NO! You can't do this without her consent!" Lana rejected it immediately, she pushed Hope behind her back and received a mocking smile from Kace, as if he was saying;if I want to do it, no one could stop me. Even though that was true.

Lana flustered, after the beast's warning earlier, she shouldn't have interfered with this, but she found it hard for her to know that they were going to strengthen their bond.

"Little one, come here." Kace stretched out his hand and zeroed his attention only to her. He was determined to do what he had decided.

However, Hope shook her head like a rattle drum. "No, I'm not coming there!" she shrieked.

Hope remembered that the marking was an activity that involved canines, biting and blood, despite what Rossie had explained once, that it is a sacred ritual for shapeshifters who had found their other half—mate—and that it'd cause pain which wouldn't last long, but…