Nicholas’s POV
“How could she have marked you and you didn’t even know?”
Marco’s voice was low, almost careful, like he was talking to someone holding a lit fuse. He just kept staring at the fresh bite on my neck like a bomb about to go off.
I ground my teeth together so hard my jaw ached. “I don’t f*****g know. I didn’t know she broke skin. We were…caught up in the moment.”
“Caught up. Right.”
Marco leaned back against the wall of my study, arms crossed, studying me like I was some puzzle he hadn’t quite solved yet.
“This just made everything worse,” he said quietly. “She’ll be able to feel your emotions now. Every spike of anger, every wave of guilt, every time your c**k f*****g gets hard thinking about her—it’s going to bleed through the bond. Even if you keep using that potion t
