Taking the Mark without a companion mark was a risk. It wasn’t lost on her that nearly a year ago she’d been arguing with Sorin about this exact thing when they’d stood in the back room of a tavern in Baylorin, the Fire Prince demanding she give him this Mark. She’d told him he was an idiot for doing this. That about summed up this plan, she supposed. Complete idiocy. Sucking in another shuddering breath, she murmured the Claiming Rite. The Mark flared brightly, and then her breath caught in her throat as she felt Razik’s anguish down the twin flame bond. Physical pain, yes, but so much more.
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