NALEDI’S POV

I felt ashamed of myself. 

As I looked into the mirror, staring at the two dotted lines that were permanently etched into my skin. Caellum’s mark. 

It’s been three days since my heat wave. I had not left my room since that dreaded day. The day I let everything go wrong. I made him do it. I betrayed my family. I took the mark of their killer’s son and there was no going back from it. 

I remember the feeling of him sinking his fangs into me. The lock that clicked in place between us. The sober expression I held when I realised what I had done. 

When...