21

SIN

I groaned whilst stretching. I clutched the half-empty bottled water that was underneath a bench in the garden, uncapped it, and downed the content before going on with what I was doing.

The skin on my neck prickled and my back hurt as I felt her presence. Since we had been intimate, the desire to be by her side had grown immensely.

I hadn't felt that way with anyone, not even with my ex that I had marked.

I didn't know leaving the side of a mere human, which I didn't even like but had marked, would cause me to feel pain.

She was the reason I had left the room earlier. It was becoming awkward, and I had also feared that I might do something awful to her if I stayed.

Although I didn't feel the emotion I felt with Adrina towards Artemisia, I panicked when she fell unconscious after marking her.

That instant, I had thought of a lot of things that happened during marking, but none of the stories I heard had said anything about collapsing.

Even Adrina hadn't fainted. I wonder if it was