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……..

thinking back to the

beautiful speech and I loved hearing him tell me I meant

I had already made

and jumped into a marriage with a wolf after

Zane making me believe that perhaps a wolf can love a simple human, but I am afraid and I

murmurs, cupping my cheeks and pulling me in for a

sparks ripple across my face like little waves of pleasure, my

he whispers, his lips grazing mine

the second time he has said it, but my breath still hitches in my throat at

words to him because it would make them real and I

not h-him,” he repeats, his thumbs

know that,” I whimper, Zane shaking his head

asks, the pain evident in

that way.” I don’t know how

love h-him?” He asks, his eyes unable to meet

I…am I-I not…Do y-you still think about

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