KAIA'S POV
"What did you say?" I asked again, heat rushing up my neck so fast it made me dizzy.
Lilac huffed impatiently in the back of my mind. “Don’t act so shocked, Kaia. You felt it too, didn’t you? The way he was drawn to your neck back there? The exact spot meant for a mark?”
I pressed a trembling hand to my neck, my fingers brushing the skin on the spot she’d mentioned. “You’re insane,” I hissed under my breath, glancing around as if someone might’ve heard me arguing with myself. “That’s not what was happening, Lilac!”
“Yes, it was,” Lilac insisted, her voice filled with conviction. “I could feel it, Kaia. His wolf was fighting him for it, and he was struggling to hold him back. Did you really not notice the shift in his scent? The way his breath hitched every time you were clos
