The day Viola had been naive enough to let Evan give her this mark was among the days she hated and regretted the most. Back then she had been so certain they would end up together that she hadn't hesitated for even a moment to turn and allow him to mark her. It was why his betrayal had been so unbearable and why she couldn't forget him completely, even when she desperately wanted to.
Whenever she dared to think of another man in an intimate way, it would hurt and close her off to that person, because the mark only ever ached for Evan.
When Sebastian didn't say anything, Viola risked it and turned to look at him, and immediately regretted it, for he looked twice as furious as before. The corded veins on his neck were bulging and his eyes were burning into her with a glare that could have scorched the floor beneath her feet.
