This was exactly why he hadn't wanted to tell her, Sebastian thought, because he knew that no matter how he explained it, she would never feel entirely at peace with him using something that came from her own kind, to lift his curse and solve the biggest problem standing in his way.
Viola, who until now had assumed he wanted the mermaid for whatever reasons other werewolves usually captured them for, suddenly felt torn. So this entire time, when he'd spoken of finding a way to mark her safely, this was what he'd meant, a mermaid's heart?
She had looked forward to being marked, to sharing his emotions the way he already shared hers, but she had never imagined it would come at this cost. And it was also, once again, his way of fixing things with his brother, since once Alex was cured, Sebastian could finally risk telling him the truth about their past, without fear that the truth alone might worsen his condition.
