Evelyn’s Pov My heart raced instantly as I stared at Eric who was staring at my wrist as though he had just seen something extremely great and magnificent. “You’ve seen this before?” I stuttered, trying so hard to avoid making him realize how tensed and scared I was at the moment. “Yes! I guess in a book or something historical. It’s just strange that you have an injury that replicates the mark”, he said and suddenly started laughing aloud. I joined in the laughter, even if I had no idea why I did that. He had just said that he knew what the mark looked like and I was laughing with him… “What did the mark mean in the book you saw it in?” I asked, silently hoping that he would be blank in that regard. I still had to handle being mated to them, the last thing I wanted at this point was

