Chapter 77 The Third Marking

• I knew my first instinct was to push Cretheus away as we would still know each other, but I couldn't find myself doing so. It felt like a magnetic pull between us, unable to be parted from each other.
• I also knew that he was here to console me because of the nightmare I had, but I was here now, unable to back out.
• And it was hard to deny our mate bond, especially how our bodies infused together. Not only that, but the sexual attraction between us had escalated quickly now that it was just the two of us here in the same room.