MARKED BY THE WRONG BROTHER
This one was crafted from matte black metal, the center inlaid with a single, highly polished piece of black onyx.
She flipped it over. Engraved on the back, so fine she had to hold it up to the light, was a single, stylized mark: a perfect, unblinking wolf’s eye.
It was a sign. A confirmation. A challenge.
He was here. He had been waiting for her, or perhaps watching her, confirming his claim before Andre even had a chance.
The stranger had left his brand on her bed.
She tucked the cufflink deep into the pocket of her discarded robe. It felt hot, a forbidden, wicked secret burning through the clothes.