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“Can we do this one step at a time?” I ask him, trying to do some damage control before he thinks I don’t want him, or something. “I want to be yours, Gus. I’m … I’m not sure I’m ready to pick a spot for a mark.”
“This is happening really fast,” he says, as if he’s reminding himself of that.
“It is, but it’s right,” I add, hoping I can find the words to tell him why I’m not sure about being marked after we’re past claiming each other.
Chapter seventy-two
Gus
Sapphire doesn’t seem sure about mating marks, and I can’t quite wrap my head around that. She wants to be claimed, and she accepted me as her mate virtually immediately, and she’s even willing to take the chance that this mating might make her pregnant, but she doesn’t seem to want to be marked.
It doesn’t make sense, and it’s messing with my head more than a little.
Why wouldn’t she want to be marked?
I can’t help flashing back to seeing the mark on Amy’s throat after she let my brother fuck her.
That was different, Gus. You didn’t want to mark her.
Exactly. I didn’t want to mark her, just like Sapphire doesn’t want to be marked.
As sure as she is about me, apparently, there’s something that she’s not sure about.
Until I know what it is, I’m going to be freaking out, worrying that she might walk away from us.
A mark might be symbolic, but it’s also done to seal a bonding.
It’s not going to feel like we’re really mates until she asks for my mark.
My teeth sharpened while we were making out, and they stay sharp even as I try to force the urge to mark my mate down.
It’s so fucking primal. I know my eyes are glowing too.
My control is seriously lacking right now.
“Are you okay?” Sapphire asks, sounding a little worried.
I let out a breath and give her a wry smile. “My teeth are staying sharp. I’m trying to get them to go down.”
“Oh,” she murmurs. “Your eyes are glowing a little bit as well.”
“I know. I’m not sure why.”
“Maybe we should talk for a little bit,” she says, reaching out and stroking her fingers over my jaw.
It feels nice. I lean into her touches, and she gives me a smile.
“We could,” I murmur, capturing her hand in mine and kissing her fingers. “What should we talk about?”
“I don’t know.” She shrugs. “What happens next?”
“Next?”
“Once we’re mated.”
“Well, we can head back to the house, or we can stay here until your heat passes. I’m fine with either option. It just depends on how you feel.”
“I think we go back there,” she says. “I know Rueben’s upset, and you’re right that I would never have met you guys if they didn’t make that bet with Scarlett, so I can’t really stay too mad at them for it. But that’s not really what I was asking.”
