“Reasonable.” I said.
“I'm aware. You should try it sometime.” She said.
I almost smiled, but the expression disappeared when her mark pulsed again.
Silver light crept from the symbol around her wrist, spreading beneath her skin in thin, branching lines that traveled toward her elbow.
Vespera sucked in a sharp breath.
“What the hell?” She whispered.
I caught her arm, examining the luminous patterns as they continued upward. They didn't resemble veins or ordinary markings, and the light seemed to move in response to the knocking beneath us.
Her wolf pushed against her control, and I felt the force of it through the strange connection that had been growing between us.
Let me out, her wolf urged from somewhere deep inside her.
We need to run.
“I'm not shifting in front of an audien
