Mate's Mark's Secrets

The vision broke and I staggered to my knees, gasping for breath. My head whirled with unanswered questions: What was this secret kept in the mate's mark? How could anything so pure get corrupted? And once the truth came out, what cost would be paid?

 The grove was still silent once I woke up, but the vision burned in my head. I understood I could not keep this secret to myself. I have to show Luca this. Retracing my steps back to the camp, where the first light of dawn was starting to break over the horizon, I moved with shaking determination.

 Luca was waking already, tending to a little fire close to his tent. As I walked toward him, his eyes locked with mine and I sensed a flutter of anxiety across his features. "Aria," he replied gently, "you seem disturbed." What took place?"