**Elijah's POV**
I never knew that staying away from a woman would be the hardest thing I have ever had to do in life. That it would be a beautiful enchantress who would take over my mind, have my heart racing, my body begging for her, and every primal instinct scratching beneath the surface. Was this the mate bond? Me constantly needing to be in her presence? How did wolves survive this? Or even fight against it? Why would they want to? Even though every cell in me is branded with her name, I have never felt stronger. I cannot imagine how I will feel when she is completely mine. Marked and mated. Mated. Oh the things I have been longing to do to her. Not for my own pleasure but to watch her moan and twitch beneath my touch. There has never been a bigger boost to my ego than watching her
