She was rescued by our pack, the Asara. But with her delicious female scent, my brothers and I soon caught a whiff of her. We liked it and were quick to investigate. It didn't take us long to figure out what she was hiding under that oversized cloak. And we each wanted a part of it. She thought she could run from us? The best in enemy combat, the tracker and best sniffer in the pack, and the fastest one of us. Second to only our Alpha. The Mating Moon is on the rise and my brothers and I don't mind sharing. As long as we each get a taste of that sweet scent. And to partake of that delicious body She might resist but we're strong, and she is one of only seven breedable females...she won't be going anywhere until we've had our fill of her. And under a Mating Moon, us males get insatiable. Go ahead. Run little Vanna Rae, it's more fun that way...
"What do you want, Rabbit?" His green eyes levelled on me in that way that felt like they were cutting through me. "Do you want my mark?"
He made it sound horrifyingly intimate.
I couldn’t think of a single time that Vanquish had ever asked me for anything. He was always the terrifying presence commanding me. Dictating my movements. Forcing me to leave my hut, to eat, to socialize. The one insistent on knowing my every thought.
"Wh-what d-does that m-mean?" I stuttered out. Thinking I knew what it meant, but even more desperate to know for certain.
I barely remember who I am.
Do I even fully understand any more, what it really means to be mated? I’d heard all the terrifying things the she-wolves spoke of.
Being killed during mating or marking. And some of the brutality of their mates under the Mating Moon.
But I also knew it meant other things. It means never being hungry. Never wondering where I might get my next meal.
I knew how they’d been taking care of me as the pack stray. How would Vanquish take care of me as his mate?
It also meant having someone there to defend me against others that’d harm me. Or mark me.
Would having this powerful terrifying male as my mate be so bad?