Amber’s POV
As a Healer, I knew all about straining the mating bond. I’d seen it before, with mates becoming quick to anger, more prone to making impulsive, bad choices. I also knew the strain was worse for Alphas. And that this condition could be triggered when two mates had s*x again after a long period of separation.
If the mating bond was not restored through the bite, then the condition only worsened. The only other cure was to reject the mating bond.
I wasn’t ready for a renewed bite, but…
The alternative?
“You don’t want me to bite you,” Julian said. “So I won’t.”
He knew more than I thought he would, which meant he was taking this seriously. Enough to have researched this condition…
I didn’t know if that was good or not, though. If he knew the mating bite was a cure, then he
