Chapter 43 | The Mark

Kai

Dinner is uncomfortable.

Apollo doesn’t keep his eyes off of Lux and Silas seems to have trouble not looking at her. Apollo is possessive, though, because of her being in heat that Silas is careful not to look for too long.

On top of that, I can’t help but notice that Lux’s mark doesn’t look normal. Is it because she hasn’t marked Apollo back?

I don’t know how that whole process works, but her mark looks inflamed. Maybe that’s how it’s supposed to be for the first couple of days?

She surprises me when she mind links me, “You’re staring rather hard at me. What’s going on?”

I want to chuckle from her comment. She’s blind, but she still knows who is looking at her and for how long. I respond, “How does your mark feel, Lux?”

She huffs through the link before responding, “Hot. Insanely hot and kind of itchy to be honest. Is that nor