Leondre's POV [Mature Content] She is looking at me with her big blue eyes, expecting an answer that I couldn't give. The marking process makes our thoughts and emotions vulnerable, and as much as I want to mark my precious mate, I don't want to hurt her, what if she finds out the truth not only that, she sees that these hands have known more blood than anything. I have killed too many people and I'm scared for the first time that if she sees who I am, she will revolt against me. I bend down to kiss her lips and automatically, hers move against mine. "Soon," I tell her, she nods and I exit the room. I find Dan waiting for me in my office, he is scrutinizing me. "Say it," "Aren't you going to tell her?" He asks, I sigh knowing that I should soon, I should have told he