“What the hell possessed you?” Valerie snaps, her fists clenching and her jaw ticking. She’s mad. This is the reason why I shouldn’t have marked Raelynn. No one here is ever going to accept her as anything.
“Lower your voice,” Axel tells her. Not to defend me, but to simply argue with her. “Raelynn is his mate, he can mark her if he wants to.”
“Oh,” Valerie sneers. “So all of a sudden you’re a fan?”
“I don’t have to be,” Axel shrugs. “But what if I am?”
“Everybody quiet,” I snap. “You shut up,” I tell Axel. “You are instigating her, and can you all give me a moment to think?”
“You’ve done plenty of solo thinking and look what you f*****g did.” Valerie groans. “Why did you mark her?”
“I don’t know,” I truthfully say. “I just...I was itching to stake a claim on her.”
“Claim?” She gasp
