#Chapter 187 – New Rules

“But he didn’t mark me,” I whisper. “But he might,” Luca says, his brows going up. And I don’t say anything – not a word. Because honestly, this morning? If Jackson had offered me his mark, I’d have taken it. It was that intense, that real between us. It always has been. But…how can I tell Luca that without breaking his heart? How can I tell Luca that I want his mark too? That I want both of them, not one or the other? I just stare down at my gorgeous, heartbroken mate, and sigh. Because I don’t know what to do. “I don’t know if I can do this, Ariel,” Luca whispers, his eyes drifting shut. “If you’re sleeping with him – or close enough to it that he’s scent marking you, which we all know is this incredibly intimate act…I don’t know if I can do this.” My lip starts to shake with dread, with horror. Because…I mean, is Luca rejecting me? I look up, frantic, at my brother and my cousin, not knowing what to do. Silently, I beg them for help, beg them to intercede – because I… I am