Ellis I stood naked in front of the full-length mirror in the guest bathroom. The room that Forge had given me was mediocre, it didn’t even have its own ensuite. But that could hardly dull my sense of triumph as I examined the mark that Catherine had left on my shoulder. It was beautiful, two perfect half-circles of teeth marks that were already scabbed over. It was perfect, she was perfect. Thank God I had never allowed Cecelia to put her filthy mouth on me. I turned to check my other injuries. Aiden had mauled me quite badly in his wolf form. I had several bites and deep gashes along my arms, legs, and torso that probably should have been stitched. My lip was still swollen, and there were round, bruised puncture wounds in my neck. I ran my fingers over them and shivered. F.uck, that h

