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,...