Chapter 127

ANDREA’S POV The moment I felt Kade’s fangs press against my skin, I recoiled and pushed him away. He stumbled back, his hands falling from around me. He looked at me in surprise, lust darkening his eyes. His mouth was slightly open, revealing his fangs glinting, waiting to mark me. To tie me to Kade forever. But that sick feeling in my stomach only intensified at the thought. “Andrea?” Kade rasped. “I—” I shook my head. I could see the question in Kade’s eyes, feel his confusion. He must have thought I was rejecting him yet again. But that wasn’t what this was. The truth was if Kade had tried to mark me last night or the countless amount of times we’d had sex prior, I might have accepted the mark. We’d been in a really good place then. But now… As hard as I’d tried, I couldn’t get Caleb’s words out of my head. Clara—and whatever her story with Kade was, it was dangling over my head, and it felt like a sword waiting to fall at any time and impale me. “I need to ask you something,” I wh