"I don't understand what a mating bond could do to subdue a female," I admitted.
"Well, the mark is a connection between two souls. It is a ritual that means two wolves will be together forever.
"That makes the wolves only want each other. Only love each other. Only live for each other," he said.
"But when you mark someone without loving them and that person does not mark you back, you are trapping them, using their instincts against them.
"But the person that is not marked, when they don't feel any love towards the other, can live a practically unaffected life."
"That sounds awful!"
It did honestly sound horrible, and it provided even more evidence of what a horrible person Everest was.
"It was, even for me. As an unmated wolf..." he corrected himself,
"When I used to be one, I never imagined the pain these women had to go through.
