SCARLETT

Darius’s voice cracked like thunder. “Answer me, Scarlett. Did you let him mark you?”

The room was suffocating-Kael’s body pressed against mine, his heat branding me, his teeth hovering at my pulse point… while Darius’s storm-gray eyes pinned me like chains.

I licked my lips slowly, letting the silence stretch, savoring the rage that vibrated between them. “Does it matter?” I whispered.

Kael chuckled darkly, dragging his thumb along my jaw. “It matters to ...