A myriad of doubts and worries surfaced in Vivian's mind. Shouldn't the mating mark have appeared immediately since they had undoubtedly mated and Ronan knotted her?
Was the Umbrafyre curse hindering the birth of the mating mark, or was the truth of the matter simply that she was never Ronan's fated mate to begin with?
And Ronan, baffled by the anomaly, stared with disbelief at her bare shoulder. However, he quickly masked his surprise and tenderly brushed his hand over the spot where her mark should have been.
"It is not unusual for there to be delays with the mating mark on a Lycan's fated mate," Ronan lied, his deception disguised by the firmness in his tone and the reassuring smile on his face. "For some Lycan mates, it only appears by the third or fourth time that they've been knotted."
