Chapter 47

Kavan

I stood frozen in place, staring at Autumn. The sound of her words reverberated through my mind, shocking me to my core. If I were to believe what she was saying, I could very well have been the reason for her being able to talk.

Her frantic eyes darted around searching mine. I watched her throat bulge as she swallowed, and her fingers jerked forward as she tried her hardest not to show her fear as she waited.

Waited for me to speak, to tell her I believed her.

I could practically see her fear that I might not believe her.

Did I?

As wild as the story she had spurned, a niggling feeling told me, what she said was the truth; how could it not be, when on that night we had come together—more rather, on the night I had slept with her, I had done something irreversible to her.

Something that would surely cause problems for her and me in the future.

From the look in her eyes, I knew she wasn't even aware I had marked her that night.

I couldn’t help but replay the moment in my head, the