Chapter 50: A Deal
***Talia***
“Wh-what if…I mark y-you?” Zane asks timidly, his voice low and soft.
My heart feels as though it might pound out of my chest as a silence falls between us.
He wants me to bear his mark? Now? I stare at him, wondering why he would bring up marking now of all times? Zane seems to understand my confusion and smiles sheepishly at me.
“T-this is w-war, Ta-Talia,” he says quietly, a warm tingle traveling down my spine when he says my name.
“A-and if some-something happens t-to me-me…then I-I want to go out kn-knowing my ma-mate wore my mark p-proudly…”
“Zane…” I sigh tiredly, pinching the bridge of my nose and closing my eyes as I think of an answer.
“You know how I feel about marking.”
“I-l do,” he replies……..
in frustration, thinking back to the
tell
I had already
jumped into a marriage with a wolf after
can love a simple human, but I am
my cheeks and pulling me in
face like little
he whispers, his lips
said it, but my breath still hitches in my
because it would make them real and I would be unable
repeats, his thumbs wiping the tears gathering in my
know that,” I whimper, Zane shaking his head
asks, the pain
way.” I don’t know how to respond and my silence seems to make him
h-him?” He asks,
not…Do y-you still think about
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