Gin Pov My mind was already soup from the s*x and him marking me, now he says he loves me. I know I should reply but my body is still trying to catch up. I turn to face him and meet with his eyes peering at me, clearly in search of a response. I let his words marinate in my brain, and realize maybe all these foreign feeling, maybe that is love. "I love you too, Emery." He pulls me close and places a soft, chaste kiss to my forehead, and then to his mark, birthing a cascade of sparks through my body. I involuntarily release a soft moan at his actions, and he smirks tiredly. I wake up abruptly to pain roiling in my stomach around 2:00 am. My hand clings to my midsection, I feel my forehead and find I'm quickly burning up. I peer over at Emery who's soundly asleep. I move from the