Chapter 49

“But the aspect you need to apprehend is, there is a whole system they went via to get to that point. He had to battle off the other male's interest to preserve her for himself. Then he had to show for her and she had to accept him—and that all took place publicly. So every male in the vicinity knows and can scent that they've chosen every other.

“And it truly is not even covering how the hierarchy comes into play, and making sure that each and every male that was supposed to have a shot at her has had their chance.

“If a male in the Chimera have been to sneak into a female's home, or steal her away, and mate her before they'd been through that, it is like… it is like he stole her Danger to make certain there wasn't someone else higher applicable for her. And stole the different males' possibilities to make positive they aren't the one for her.

“Doing that is a betrayal. A violation—to her, and to the other males. The few who'