Marriage First, Mate Second
He allows the shirt to fall to the floor, and points to his clavicle.
“This one hurt a lot,” he says, gesturing to the tiny wolf that sits there, “It’s symbolic of the pain of being apart from you and your wolf.”
He unbuckles his belt, and slides his pants off. His body is full of tattoos, but I see he is showing me only some of them. He points to the bramble design on his upper thigh.
“This symbolizes the night I gave you the bramble ring,” he says, “The night we both met and I knew that we would be together forever.”