Michael's last words were so soft that I couldn't hear them. "What did she say?" I asked
I could see in Michael's eyes that he seemed to have made a decision. He pulled me over, rubbed his nose gently against the back of my neck, and said, "She said I should mark you."
I looked back, surprised at Michael's expression, but he held me down by the neck. I could feel him nibbling at my neck, causing a slight tingling sensation.
I thought I would be excited and happy when I heard from Michael again that he wanted me. But my real reaction was a bit different because I was sensitive to Michael's choice of words. He said he wanted to mark me, not that he wanted me.
I couldn't help but care about the difference.
Once I wanted Michael's mark so badly to prove myself to Joanna, but after my mother said that to me, I began seriously considering what a mark meant to us.
