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divorces. It’s an actual physical bond that can’t be undone. When
we find our mates, we want to claim them, to join with them permanently.”
    “ So you want to claim me? Like luggage?”
    Heath saw tension in Enzo’s body as he explained it to
him. “No. When we claim our mate, our chemistry syncs so that we would both
live the same lifespan. You would live a longer lifespan, you would heal much
faster than you do now, and you would become immune to many illnesses. But
should one mate die, so will the other.”
    Heath’s brows knitted together. “So you’re saying that
if I let you mate with me, and if you die, I will die, too?”
    Worry and frustration tensed Enzo’s facial features,
but his voice was patient. “Not instantly, but yes.”
    “ Wait, you said that you have to be born a paranormal,
that you can’t be changed into one. You’re saying that if you mate with me, I
will become one of you?”
    “ No, you won’t be turned into a shifter, Heath. The
claiming just alters your chemistry to live longer and heal faster.”
    Heath gave him a skeptical look. “How does a
paranormal claim a mate?”
    Enzo looked like he relaxed a little bit in relief.
“It can vary with different paranormals. For a shifter, like myself, I would
need to come inside you, and also bite you.”
    Heath’s dick was half hard. As soon as he heard what
Enzo had to do, he pictured it in his mind, and his dick inflated the rest of
the way. He silently cursed the thing, and tried to focus on the question he
wanted to ask next.
    “ Uh, w- wha —uh…”
    Enzo seemed to understand what he was asking. “My bite
releases my saliva into your body, to change it. Together with my cum it will
start the chemical reaction. Also, I need to ingest some of your blood, for my
body to sync with yours. If I do one, or the other, it temporarily starts the
bonding process, but doesn’t complete it unless both are done.”
    Heath wanted to believe him, but he still held doubts.
“How do you know I’m the one fate chose for you? What if you mate me, but
someone else comes along who you think is better, you would regret mating with
me.”
    “ There are different ways to know. Our sense of smell
is the first and main way to tell. Also, my canines will only descend when I’m
attacking, and when I claim my mate. So I wouldn’t be able to mate with you, if
you aren’t my mate. Uh...”
    Suddenly Enzo got really red. His eyes darted around,
and he scrunched up his nose. “Uh … shit, you’re probably going to freak out
about this, but I can’t lie to you, I have to tell you.”
    Heath expected the worst as he sat as patiently as he
could, waiting for Enzo to get around to telling him whatever it was.
    “ Uh, oh boy, ok, here it goes. We, I mean, uh, wolves,
uh, my kind knots, only for our mates.”
    “ Knots? What is that?”
    “ It’s a gland on my penis that swells, locking us
together when I climax.”
    “ And you can only do that with your mate?”
    “ Yes.”
    “ So, you haven’t ever done it before with anyone?”
    “ No. I’ve never experienced it before.”
    “ But if I’m your mate, you will.”
    “ Yes.”
    Heath turned and stared blindly in the space in front
of hi m . He’s right.
I’m a bit freaked out about that.
     

Chapter Nine
     
    Ryker was sitting in the passenger seat on their way
back to the house with Neto when he felt his
beloved’s p ain and alarm. He tried screaming for his mate through
their link when Rudo started to fade away.
    “ What is it, Rye? What’s wrong?” Neto asked, as he glanced worriedly over at him from behind the wheel of their newly
rented car.
    “ Something’s wrong with Rudo .
I felt his pain, and now nothing. I can’t contact him.” Ryker began to tear up.
    Neto reached a hand over and
grabbed one of his. “Hey, calm down. He’s probably just out cold, or you would
have felt your soul-tie snap. When he comes around, you’re going to need to
feed him calm and