Heat and Rut
"The bond won."
"Won?" I said, backing away. "You manipulated me. You used the bond to make me compliant. I hate you for that."
"Listen," he said, hands up. "It was to show you how good we could be."
"Good?" I said, tears coming now. "You bullied me for years, locked me in the shed, tripped me, mocked me, and now this. You think sex fixes it?"
"That was kids' stuff," he said. "Before the bond."