217 The Real Prey

Taran's POV

I told Willa she slept through the last new moon when Nox put her in deep sleep.

Though a bit surprised that Nox's memory could wake up during the new moon, it wasn't as shocking as what she told me--

Of all their lives, they had never been able to mark each other ever since their first life. From Cerberus's reaction, I could tell that it was mostly because Nox wouldn't take his mark because of her human parts, but she wouldn't admit that.

But she wanted to mark Cerberus. He was her "possession", according to her.

Except for this time I let Kirsch mark us first.

Of course, the solution was easy--

With Kirsch's death she would be able to mark us, but I couldn't make that choice, so I made a deal with Nox--

I keep the truth to myself while she tried to lure Kirsch to get his mark back from me. Actually, Nox couldn't use her Alpha Aura on any wolf through the mindlink. Alpha Aura only works face to face, but she seemed