My mark started to burn. It was like poison under my skin rushing through my body and pooling at all my erogenous zones. Cya was still asleep, thankfully he wasn’t snoring, Emma and her guards weren’t done combing through the woods yet for us. It had been hours and the first tinges of day were starting to light up the sky. Either I was really lucky, or they were really dumb because no one had tried to look up while they were in the woods. Cya shifted against me in his rest and my grip tightened. I wasn’t about to let him tumble out of the tree after all the work I had put into him. He gave a soft smile at my touch than cuddled closer. I was reminded of a pet at this point, or that’s what I told myself. My body was another matter altogether. The disloyal thing wasn’t even trying to remembe