They laid in bed, she in his arms, both of them breathing hard.
Kraig had sunk his teeth in her and marked her.
"You're mine!"
Those words kept echoing in her head.
"I love you." He finally said and she raised her head to look at him .
"Isn't that the bond talking?"
"No." He shook his head. "I have been with my eyes on you for some time, now. AndI can see how much of an imbecile I have been. We could have been together since… two years ago."
"Two?" She seemed surprised and he laughed.
"Yeah." He kissed her lips tenderly. "You are everything to me, Del. I have waited for too long to finally fix things between us."
"Kraig, it's been days since you…"
"No, no…" He said. "Ah, I have to tell you something."
"Here?" She said. They were in the middle of a party. Nobody was looking for them because he used the mind-link to let Kendrick know the situation.