Sina collapsed in my arms, eyes rolling back in her head and body suddenly relaxed. I pulled my teeth from her neck and shivered at the sight of the mark I had left on her body. From the day she had returned to Durnbone, I’d vowed not to mark her until … until I was ready.
If something happened to her now, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself. I wasn’t ready, didn’t know if I would be ready anytime soon. But Sina had been freaking out, lashing out uncontrollably.
She had become an animal who desperately wanted to stop hurting us, but couldn’t.
“You … you marked her,” Darius said in disbelief, staring wide-eyed at an unconscious Sina.
Thayer and Gaian stared at us in shock too, the blood seeping down Thayer’s face still. But somehow, I felt even more shocked than them.
“Someone, grab
