**Kael's P.O.V**
"Do you know who you were about to mark?" my voice cut through the tension, and I glared harder at his stupid face. But his eyes shifted to the woman standing nearby, and a smile tugged at his lips as he looked at her.
"You mean, her?" Jerome's gaze lingered on Axl, who stood there despite my earlier command for her to leave. She hadn't approached us, but her presence was a blatant act of defiance. My frustration surged, and I tightened my grip on Jerome's arm.
Her eyes held worry, and it infuriated me. How dare she care so deeply for him and not me? The anger coursed through me, making my entire body tremble.
"You're sorely mistaken, Axellal is my betrothed. My love," he declared, the word a love song in the tense silence. My heart hammered against my ribs. Love? If A
