Holding on to the past means you can never be open to having a future

“I admit to the jealousy. If you ever allow someone else to touch you, I will ki…”

“You’d hate me later if we do this and you have feelings for someone else.”“No e…”

“You are not the first female to strike me, my mate did it often. She grew testy…”

“That was real?”His arms tightened. “Yeah. The stench of all that bloodoverwhelm…”