Chapter 50

***Marcella***

“Wh-what if… I mark y-you?” Ronin asks timidly, his voice low and soft.

My heart feels as though it might pound out of my chest as a silence falls between us.

He wants me to bear his mark? Now? I stare at him, wondering why he would bring up marking now of all times?

Ronin seems to understand my confusion and smiles sheepishly at me.

“T-this is w-war, Ce-Cella,” he says quiet