Chapter 24

Demetri’s POV

It’s after the mate’s union ceremony that the newly mated couples are expected to complete the mating bond, to mark one another while in the throes of hard, passionate sex. Marking one another seconds before you orgasm is supposed to enhance the sexual experience. Something Lilly and I have never experienced.

It was that night, while I was hanging out with her that she gave me a general idea of what happened to her. How her dad started kissing her like he kissed her stepmom at six years old. How every time she was commanded to take her clothes off he would hurt her; either punishing her harshly for refusing or the training itself hurt. Simply put, being naked in the same room as a male was always physically and mentally painful.

It was the only time that I argued fervently with my father. I knew she wasn’t ready to complete the mating bond and I refused to force it on her after she told me what little bit she was willing to tell. It t