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    I stared at the jar for a long time and didn’t know what to say to that.

    “I…I” 1 stammered, feeling utterly flustered.

    Killian gave me a devious smile.

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    “Lycans have a lot more stamina and most women find it hard to keep up with their strength so applying this salve helps them.”

    I had not asked for further exnation but he provided it to me either way.

    “Though I am not sure why your friend thought you must need this” He said, turning the ss bottle.

    Wait a minute.

    I had heard that term before.

    Knot.

    Martin had been saying that and boasting about his knot, whatever that meant, loudly while he was hunting me on the night of Seranthyne.

    I had not really given it much thought before but now that I heard it from Killian’s mouth, I couldn’t help but get curious.

    But I didn’t know how to ask him about it.

    I was no prude but I was also not used to discussing sex openly, much less with the man who kidnapped me to reverse the fate of his kingdom.

    When I did not answer him, he looked at me curiously and asked.

    “Do you know why she did that?”

    “Huh?”

    I was lost in thoughts so his question brought me back to the present.

    “What?”

    He kept that same curious expression stered on his face as he asked me.

    “Why did your friend give you this?”

    I shrugged.

    “I dont knowi” /i

    But he narrowed his eyes.

    “Are you sure you are unaware about your friend’s intentions of giving this to you?”

    I wondered what to say to him as he lowered his voice and brought his mouth close to my car.

    My face heated when I felt his hot breath on my skin.

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    In a dangerously low and seductive voice, he answered his own question.

    “Because you are lying and do you know what I do to bad girls?”

    Fuck.

    How did he know?

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    I didn’t have to wonder about the answer because again he dropped his voice to barely a whisper and I could feel his lips graze the shell of my ear.

    “Sarah is pretty loud and it doesn’t help that my hearing is exceptional.”

    Shit.

    Had he overheard everything she said about him?

    My heart began to thud against my ribcage and I recalled all the raunchy things she had said about him, about us.

    And it didnt help that he was so close to me and that I was surrounded by his scent.

    “She is a weirdo” I blurted out and Killian brought his face in front of mine to look me in the eye.

    “I am talking about you, mydy. Would you deny wanting to do anything other than talking with me?”

    I blinked.

    “…I thought I had to perform well in training for you to listen to whatever I say at night.”

    His eyes lit up like glowing torches as he answered even though I had not asked a question.

    “Exceptions can be made” he said running his index finger over the jar’s lid and circling it aimlessly.

    “Why?” I croaked out and he gave me that brilliant smile of his.

    “Because I had forgotten how the men in these castle walls sometimes go mad when they go into rut and wish to find any female to mate.”

    “What?”

    I sat up on the bed, utterly horrified.

    “Why are you so shocked? I thought you lived with werewolves enough to know about the female heat and male rut cycles.”

    I fumbled, unsure how to put it into words.

    “I worked in the Bureau that solved fights, not learn what different methods they used to copte.”

    Killian chuckled.

    “Well, I keep forgetting you lived a human life for all these years. So, let me exin it to you in simple terms.

    I hadn’t asked for an exnation but it was better to be knowledgable about stuff rather than getting hunted out in the forest.

    “Werewolf females, typically have heat cycles wherein they are highly aroused and wish to find a partner to breed and bear his pups. A werewolf male has something akin to that called as a rut but it doesntst as long as a female’s heat.”

    Getting werewolf biology ss from Killian was not even on my to do list but somehow it felt intriguing to talk about it with

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    hun

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    Sarah had just spoken whatever came to her mind and I wasn’t a prude either but I had never really gotten into the finer details of the whole mating thing

    “And what is a knot?” I asked which took Killian by surprise.

    “Lam liking the way you are curious about this instead of screaming and running around as if it was some sinful thing to

    even talk about

    I shrugged.

    “I am no prude but if I am living here I should know more about the people around me right?”

    Killian nodded. “Excellent point.”

    He took a pause and thought about the answer for a while.

    Typically, lycans and werewolves are social creatures who want to have a family and raise their pups. But due to constant wars and a threat looming over our lives, the poption of a pack can be wiped out in an instant. Hence, evolution provided the men with something called as a knot. It kind of locks the male and female during sex together, thereby increasing chances of a sessful pregnancy.

    I gulped.

    To be in a passionate embrace of your loved one was one thing, but to be almost fused with one another during sex? I was not sure if I was brave enough to want that.

    Killian saw the terrified expressions on my face and tried to calm me down.

    “It is not as scary as it sounds. Maybe, I am not exining it right. Buting back to this,” he pointed at that jar of salve Sarah had broughtb. /b

    This salve eases the pain a female might feel when she takes the knot, making it more pleasurable for both the partners”

    I blinked wondering why on earth Sarah had brought it to me. He seemed to sense the question on my mind so he answered on Sarah’s behalf.

    “Your friend was simply looking out for you. Consent is not something the lycan males here are strongly educated about. They have been taught to hunt and im from a young age. Most females die because the males are too intense and fierce and are unable to control themselves or their primal urges when they are in the rut.”

    Definitely scary.

    I didn’t want earth shattering, bone bending sex. I wanted to be loved fiercely, yet be respected and treated like an equal not just an object of someone’s pleasure that they could toss out in the bin and move onto the next when it crashes down.

    “I do think she was simply looking out for you given that you are sharing a room with me and didn’t want to see you in pain. Dont stress yourself out a lot.”

    Killian had started teasing me a little but upon seeing that scared look on my face, he immediately took a step back and tried to rx me.

    And that made me swoon over him a bit more.

    “How are you like this?” I couldn’t help but ask.

    “Like what?”

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    “Unlike your other siblingsi. /iYou don’t leer at other women, Mary feelsfortable around you, Sarah was okay to walk through this unknown castle with you and Maclyn…she hates me but I dont think she despises you either. You could be very much like Martin and snatch what you want. Nobody would bat an eyelid. Yet you choose to be different, why?”

    He shrugged.

    “I told you before as well, violence is not always the answer to everything. Plus, I like to have my woman look at me with love rather than fear. I want her to be eager for me to show up after a long tiring day at work, I want her to run up to me and give me a kiss the moment she sees me instead of trying to hide away from me and hope that I rot in hell because all I can do is make her feel powerless and miserable.”

    He came closer and continued.

    “I want my girl’s face to light up like the sun when she sees me, I want her to boast to others about how I am the perfect man for her and I want her to thank the Goddess everyday for giving her someone like me.”

    Goodness, did men really feel this way?

    Author’s note: Hey readers, we reached 100 chapters already so wanted to thank you all. Hope you are enjoying the story so far. Your support means everything to me so please like, subscribe andment if you can. Lov you all.