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ARIANA'S POV.
What was wrong?
Why did he have such a reaction? Curiosity was killing me. What was it that was giving him such a hard time?
He swallowed, and turned away, but I pressed on.
"You don't know that your face suddenly went really pale, do you?" I asked, and he bit his lip.
"These days, my face seems to drain of color at the slightest… uh, change in my heartbeat."
"Change in your heartbeat?" I asked.
"I… I got startled. The change in your voice. It…" Luke broke off, and simply pulled me to him, wrapping his arms around me in a hug.
"Tell me. What misfortune did you cause, and why do you think you're at fault? Why are are you sorry?" I asked, and when he spoke, it was with a tinge of resignation in his voice.
"I tried to mark you because I was too greedy, and too impatient to have this curse off me, and caused you lots of pain. I'm sorry. Honestly, I just want to make it up to you in the best way I can."
