Chapter 35

"You know she shouldn't be walking around unclaimed. It's disrespectful." His mother pointed out, the pair watching as Thaelia trimmed the dead leaves off some plants at the other end of the building. It was the first time they left the house since the winter storms had blown though and he was dreading it. He knew he was disrespecting her by living with her and verbally claiming her without placing a mark but he couldn't keep her cooped up in the house forever. She needed a chance to interact with the pack in order to familiarize herself with then and vice versa, however, his pack was well aware of the lack of his claim. "Can't mark her." He groaned, rubbing his temples as he sat bent over in a chair. "Will scare her." "There are other means of claiming in our culture, or have you forgotten?" "No runes." He snapped his head up to look at his mother sternly. "Worse than mark." His mate was terrified of needles so having her endure the emotional and physical tor