168: The greatest bond

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I could feel their stares burning into me, alongside the questions that would soon follow.

But I didn't care, I was more interested in learning about what had happened to Scarlett and why she was in harm’s way for long enough to get scars.

“Scarlett, talk to me,” I trained all my attention on her, my fingers reaching forward to trace the identical cut on her forehead, “What happened?”

Before my fingers could make contact with her scar she grabbed my hand and pushed it back towards me with a cautious look pointed at me.

“I should be asking you that, you’re clearly injured,” she nodded at my arm and collarbone that held the same scars as her.

“And the million dollar question we’re all dying to ask is how you have injuries in the exact spots as Scarlett,” Alex chimed in before I could respond.

The answer was simple, but the complications that would follow weren't worth being truthful about it.

I could easily tell them that our mate bond has deepened, so much that I didn't only sens