“Elena.” I whispered.

My stinging eyes were welling up.

Elena muttered. “We are gonna get through this, Luciana.”

“If that mark continues to be there.” We all shifted our attention to Roman, who was resting his back on the wall. “He will take over you once again without even trying and claim you as his mate.”

“NEVER.” I shouted as tears streamed down my cheeks. “Why is the mark still there? I thought it disappeared when Rayson marked me. It is not supposed to come back when someone else has claimed me already. How is that even possible?”

“You ignited the mark, Luciana.”

“What! How? I did nothing to bring...