"Let's hear your theory," Graeme replied.
"Well, I have two theories, but they both end with you marking her," Greta said.
He groaned. "We've been over this. I can't do it. It's not right. Plus look at what Marius put her through! How would she feel knowing I did that while she was unconscious? And who's to say she would even want me to do it when she's awake!"
"Just hear me out."
"This isn't a damn fairytale, Greta! I'm not going to mark her and then she magically wakes up, loves the idea of being partnered to a previously unknown creature, we become the pack's power couple, and then everyone lives happily every after."
"I know that, and that's not what I'm saying. But at least if it does give her the strength to wake up, you can deal with whatever is waiting out there for the two of you together."
"What do you mean by the strength?"
