He Wrapped His arm Around Her

Even though she tried to keep some sort of distance between them, he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her tight against his muscled body. 

  When he did, she reached up and cupped the other side of his neck for support. There was no way to keep herself detached from him now. Not after this.

As Angel pulled and drank from him, Knox's canines extended. The feel of her digging into his flesh didn't hurt. The opposite in fact. 

  He felt connected to her in a way he hadn't when she'd been human. His canines throbbed with the need to mark her in the same way. 

The reaction was instinctual and the need to claim her was overwhelming. He'd known when they'd first met she was meant for him but now he had no doubt.

Vampire or not, she was his mate.

And he would claim her. Bite and mark her.