Chapter Thirteen. Mars. The temptation to kiss my mate's plump soft lips is almost all-consuming. She bites her bottom lip, and I can hear the elevation of her heart rate, and it drives me wild with desire. She wants me to kiss her. I want to kiss her. Ares is begging for me to kiss her, take her and sink our canines into her marking spot. But then my eyes moved up from her delicious lips and I saw conflict. It is enough for me to come back to my senses. I know I cannot take this step with her, not yet. It would be completely unfair. She doesn’t know what I am, what our pup is. I need her to forgive me, to trust that I will not run again. I have to prove that I am going to be in her life and Max’s life forever before allowing the lust to take over. A part of me needs to prove I can d