Oz suddenly looked very guilty. "About that. Um, that's because I marked you last night."

My smile froze on my cheeks, making my face ache. "What?"

He suddenly found the half-eaten pancakes on his plate fascinating. "While you were sleeping on the couch, I rolled you over and..."

The blood left my face. "What exactly does marking someone entail?"

"Nothing so bad. I just bit your back."

"You bit me?"

"Yeah. I injected some venom into your bloodstream that would make you feel better around me. I like holding your hand but I didn't think it was very practical."

I lifted my shirt, pulled down my pants, and almost fell over. My lower back looked...it looked..."You gave me a festering tramp stamp?" I shrieked.

"You don't think it's cute?

Autor: Katherine Pine