Chapter 0750

Jackson's silence is long. Too long.

I whip my face back to him, my mouth a grim line.

His expression is...carefully blank.

"Oh no," I whisper, slumping down, my hand whipping up to cover the mark. "You hate it —"

"Ari," he sighs, scowling and swatting at my forearm, attempting to knock my hand aside. "Don't do that - I don't hate it -"

"You do!" I protest, a little more devastated than I thought I'd be, even if I knew this was coming. I mean, he can't like it, can he?

"I don't hate it!" Jacks insists, laughing at me a little as I stubbornly keep the mark covered and frown at him, leaning away. "Seriously, Ari, it's fine."

"It's fine?"

He laughs again, giving up the attempt to pull my hand away and leaning back against the pillows. "Do you want me to lie and say I think it's my new favorite feature?"

I narrow my eyes. "Well then tell me what you really think."

I drop my hand and Jackson leans forward a

my words. It's

lashing out a leg and kicking at him. "You can't possibly think it's

he says, laughing and grabbing my leg, using it to haul me closer to him. "Besides, when I was at your place for Midwinter, Seraphina told me

"How the hell did she

into his lap, even as I go limp in protest to make it

my hair. "That if I don't have anything nice to say...I shouldn't say anything at all. So. It's precisely fine. That was very wise, by the way, how did a little girl come

a little but then groan at the realization of the truth - that he really doesn't like it. I mean, not that I expect or want him to

- I mean

he hates

has to look at it every day for the rest

I moan, covering it again with my hand.

"It's

a very useful one for when people try to feed me duck liver," he murmurs, "or mark my mate with an uneven

take in the full meaning of his words - that it

"I'm serious, Ari, you shouldn't be worried about what I think," he murmurs.

hating, every second, the idea of another man's mark on my body. Honestly, when the Goddess chose Jacks for me,

"It

still. "Faded?" I ask, looking

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