Margot POV
Arian seemed satisfied that he had accomplished what he wanted for the moment.
He gave me a knowing smile and left.
His point stayed with me.
An Alpha’s rut was a weakness, especially for a top-tier Alpha.
It was the vulnerability other people could exploit or use to betray them, which was why most powerful Alphas chose somewhere completely private and secure when they had to get through it.
I hadn’t expected Arian to be thinking along those lines.
But he wasn’t wrong about one thing.
If he wanted to find Rhett’s weakest point, this was probably the only one he could think of.
And it was also the opportunity when I had the best chance of getting Rhett’s Mark.
But what would I even do with it?
A mark given out of love, from a man who wanted to spend the rest of his
