Zak POV
Knowing that Freya had endured her first heat, drove Bane and I crazy. No matter how many times Mara tried to relieve my frustrations, it was never enough. Bane was right, we needed our little rogue and I had no other choice, but to make Mara cut the holiday short. When we got home, my mate was going to relinquish her virginity to me, without argument.
I clasped Mara’s small hand in mine as we travelled in a cab from the airport, back to the pack house. I kissed the back of her hand tenderly, I had a lot of making up to do, the holiday that she had been looking forward to for weeks, had had to be shortened due to the ridiculous mate bond, and we couldn’t destroy that for another two weeks.
I entered the pack house and could smell her vanilla coffee scent everywhere, there was no
