“Not only did they force me to marry some empty-headed witch, but now there’s this too!”
Markus snapped around, and his gaze flared.
“Tell me—did anyone see the mark? Answer!”
“No… no,” I whispered, barely audible.
“Speak louder!” the enraged dragon roared.
“No!” My voice broke into a scream, and treacherous tears rolled from my eye.
Everything I’d dreamed of, wanted, turned to dust, leaked away through my fingers like sand.
Markus was made to marry me… He was forced!