" At the contact, he grunted as he spurted shorter versions of his longhorns on either side of his head. It was common shifter knowledge that this would happen when they became aroused at the touch of the mate they were destined to be with. It was a controllable reaction, but it eased the ache of torturous lust if one allowed it to happen. "

― , Loving Scarlett (Scarlett Rose and the 7 Longhorns #1)