" That isn’t love.” She had to force the words out. “No more than possession is love, Graeme. No more than Mating Heat is love. Without real love, what separates possession from obsession, and Mating Heat from biological rape? Mating Heat can begin without love, but like lust, it won’t bind mates without love. "

― Lora Leigh , Bengal's Quest (Breeds, #21; Feline Breeds, #17)