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……..

frustration, thinking back to the day he explained his mark

him tell me I meant more to him than

had already made this

and jumped into a marriage with a wolf after a couple

my heart crumbles, Zane making me believe that perhaps a wolf can love a simple human, but I am afraid and I do not know how to stop

cupping my cheeks and pulling me in for a tender

ripple across my face like little waves of pleasure, my

love you,” he whispers, his lips grazing mine as he

has said it, but my breath still hitches in my throat

him because it would make them real and I would be

repeats, his thumbs wiping the tears

that,” I whimper, Zane shaking

the pain evident in his

it doesn’t fe-feel that way.” I don’t know how to respond and

h-him?” He asks, his eyes unable

I…am I-I not…Do y-you still think

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