PHOENIX'S POV I watched Hermione fall asleep in my embrace right after I marked her. Our naked bodies intertwined. I almost lost my sanity earlier, but thank goodness I held back from taking her again like last time, especially because she's in a heat right now and was completely overtaken by her heat. The only way for me to relieve her heat was to mark her completely. After marking her completely, she instantly fell into my embrace and fell asleep. I looked at her and gently lay her down on the bed, bending my head and kissing her forehead before I went to the bathroom to release all of my frustrations. Then I took a towel and a basin and started washing her body completely. Right after I made sure that I wiped off everything that needed to be wiped, I dressed her up. I glanced at