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Balthazar looked far behind me for a few seconds, either lost in thought or contemplating what he wanted to say to me.

"What do you want to talk about?" I asked impatiently. Jake would have been waiting for me at the Pack's house by now.

He shoved his hands into his trouser pockets and then finally looked at me again. 'Mark on Caroline's neck," he said firmly. "Is that just a normal mark?"

My forehead wrinkled when I heard his question, from the forest the sound of an owl could be heard welcoming the night. "What do you mean?"

His face darkened instantly. "That mark hasn't disappeared to this day. This kind of thing is not normal for Leykan."

I forgot not to notice the mark on Cara's neck today. "What about those weird strokes?"

'Of course it hasn't disappeared. Those scars won't disappear until the marks disappear. That's why I ask you, is the mark on Caroline's neck just an ordinary mark."

'Of course, I just bit him like-" my words came to an abrupt halt. "Is there a chance that the