Marked and Accused

LUCIUS POV

Gideon stood in the doorway with his arm stiff, his finger aimed at my bed.

Talia shrank back against the carved headboard, dragging the tangled linen to her throat. The fresh mating bite on the curve of her neck still bled in dark beads, staining the pale skin where my fangs had torn into her. The blood on her collarbone was still wet, glowing faintly beneath the dim candlelight of t