Chapter 26-3

Nikki gave me a small smile and kept folding clothes. "I'm not going to try to give you advice with Mikko. The dynamic between you two is so confusing to me, and I'm an outsider. Usually werewolves mark the women they get pregnant, or they at least put a claim on them." Oh yeah, I thought to myself, Nikki didn't know about that yet… It was time to tell my best friend about the mark Mikko had given me. I avoided looking at her directly, choosing to look over my clothes instead. "I have his claim Nikki." She froze mid-shirt-fold. "Say what?" "I have a claim," I repeated. "I've had it for a while." She finished folding the shirt then looked at me. "Is it permanent?" Permanent? The claim could be temporary? "I-I don't know." She looked at my neck. "Where is it?" I rubbed over my shirt where the mark was, "Right here." She looked at my hand."Can I see it?" I lifted my shirt and bunched it