Nick POV
He had royally f****d up this time. He could see it, the blood on her neck. She was never going to forgive him now. He’d lost control and nearly Marked her. One weak moment and now she was practically hiding from him. Standing as far away from him as she could get.
Nick had no idea what to say to her, didn’t know how to deal with this. He was more than annoyed with himself. He'd thought he had had better self-control. If he hadn’t tried to Mark her, had kept control of himself. Might have even been able to make love to her. Now it was all shot to s**t. He needed help and knew it.
Just looking at her standing well away from him in the corner of the room, he knew she was waiting on having to defend herself from him, she was expecting him to stalk over there, and take what he had
