The Marking

Sebastian

I stared at her in disbelief, unable to believe what I was hearing. For those first few seconds, I couldn't trust my own ears.

She was asking me to...mark her.

Damn it all. That was the very fantasy that had consumed my thoughts since the moment I laid eyes on her. To bury my fangs in her tender neck and leave my indelible mark, forever declaring her as mine.

"What did you say?" I managed to ask, needing confirmation that this wasn't some figment of my imagination but a genuine request in the real world.

A smile teased her lips as if she understood the perplexity I felt. She turned toward me, her hand reaching out to graze my cheek, leaving a trail of tingling sparks in its wake. "I'm asking you to mark me."

Holy shit! I had never not believed in heavens and angels, but today, all my convictions were shattered. There existed no realm or inhabitants within it, apart from the one I beheld with my own eyes—Athena. She was my heaven. If I were to worship her until my dying breat