Riley glanced up at Tao again. He wanted to insist, to give the vampire his word that he would only fulfill his obligations to mate and nothing more. But he knew he shouldn't make a promise that he didn't want to make. "One of the youths." He murmured, "Nine years younger than me, from a different line. We took down a twelve-point buck on a hunt." He licked his upper lip. "Those things just happen. They don't mean anything. And-" He touched the tip of his tongue to his upper teeth, "If it's what they want as recognition from their alpha, I give it."
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