"Once a wolf has scented his mate, it is extremely difficult for him to stay away from her. The idea of claiming her, marking her as his own, is so strong that every full moon night the urge intensifies. Now can you imagine how Ileus survived that for one year in Vilinski?" He narrowed his eyes. "I am realizing it now, and honestly I can't even think what he went through. He never revealed his intention to anyone for the fear that what if one of us betrays him."
A big lump formed in her throat.
"Every full moon night, he would come out of Vilinski and then run in the jungles for the whole night, crazed, maddened. And now I realize the kind of control he exercised just to be with you. All I have to say is that he got lucky that you escaped with him just a day before your wedding with the crown prince."
