Lucian’s POV Gosh! I have never seen this kind of beauty before. I don’t know anything about mates, but from what I heard others describe, it felt like that. The bond between me and Kate had become so enormous in a week. I so much wanted her but was afraid of offending her. That was how much I loved her. I would rather suffer the cold shower nights I had been enduring than to hurt her. I had given up when suddenly she did what I wanted her to do, read my thoughts. I was delighted to hear her sweet voice telling me that she wanted me just as much as I wanted her. If this wasn’t a mate bond, then I don’t know what to call it. Her soul was literally calling out to mine and mine to hers. I worshiped her body and let my hand glide over her smooth velvety skin. It was hot to the touch. It v