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The Marking
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Aria The head band around my head feels both restricting and comforting, and when the girl trying to tie the accessory tugs again, I let out a tiny, "oomph" sound. "I'm sorry, Luna. Is it uncomfortable? I can adjust it." The girl dressing me is nearly half my size, which is peculiar in itself because I'm considered quite lean back at the Shifters realm. Her fingers feel too delicate, and too thin. I almost want to ask if she's okay, if she didn't have such a wide smile on her face. "No, thank you. It's fine. The head tie is very beautiful." I answer. It's no secret that when I'm not around Kaidën, I suddenly don't know how I should act around these strange people. It's almost amusing how I am still a Luna, yet the circumstances are so different, it feels like I'm not even one. The girl pauses again, and flashes me another one of her bright smiles. "Thank you very much. The best for our Luna." She sounds very excited to be doing this, and I furrow my brow in confusion. From t
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Eliana I part my lips in a crooked smile. Kaidën is staring at me with a vicious look in his eyes, like he can't see me, and in a way maybe he can't. Maybe all he can see is his mate-his precious chosen mate, giving to him by the moon goddess. I almost let out a hysterical laugh. What a hypocrite! What about to all the hate he's harbored for the moon goddess and all the other goddesses? All the nights we've spent together, staring at the moon, and wondering why her goddesses have decided to fail us. Has he forgotten everything just because of her? Because he's been given a mate? This time the laugh bursts out of me, and I can't control it. Soon, I'm holding my stomach, and clutching it for dear life, because it's so funny. Kaidën shoots an irritated glare at me, before he asks. "What do you mean by when she's gone?" I'm not surprised. She's still all he can think about. He's practically been bewitched by her. By her long flowing golden hair, and her soft features, that no
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