The bite was sharp, and the sting sent a bolt of white-hot pleasure through Liam's gut. His back arched, a sharp cry tearing from his throat as his body clenched around nothing.
Arik's tongue immediately soothed the mark, a warm, wet caress that made Liam's toes curl. The alpha lifted his head, his lips wet, the look on his face pure feral satisfaction. He watched Liam shiver through the aftershocks, his gold eyes following every twitch, every gasp.
Liam's mind, already a chaotic mess of sensation and emotion, fractured completely. The engineering genius, the Canmore family survivor with a rational mind, all crumbled under the weight of pure instinct.
'I want.'
'I want to mark this man.'
He wanted to sink his teeth into Arik's skin and leave a scar that would never fade, a permanent sign that said this one is taken. That said, he is mine.
