RYKER

My eyes are drawn to the pair of shimmering Ambers. There is fear clouding the jewels and it hits me deep in the gut.

How can I let her mark me when I haven’t been honest with her about Anne? Or when I still have to take revenge for Britney?

There is unfinished business. When I let her mark me, I want this fucking unfinished business to not get between us ever again.

“ It’s not that…I don’t want you to mark me. ” I mumble, finding it difficult to talk about it like always.

“ What—What is