Chapter 600: Mutual Marking

Sebastian nodded, staring at the crescent mark that resembled the one on Viola’s wolf. It was so identical that one would think it had been taken from her wolf and placed on her human body.

Normally, when a mate marked his other half, every werewolf’s mark had its own symbol that never resembled another werewolf’s. Each was a brand with a style of its own, and the fact that his came in this shape only proved what they had concluded about the past, that it was Vaelor’s mark on Cyan.

However, what mattered most to Sebastian was the fact that the mark had stayed intact. He rubbed it with his fingers, smiling and thinking the witch hadn’t known what she was saying.

"It’s the same crescent mark," Sebastian remarked as he looked at her face. "It’s your turn to mark me now, too, you have your wolf back and can do that now."

Sebastian bared his neck for her to place her mark on him, binding him to her forever. Normally, Alpha males refrained from accepting their Luna’s mark, choosing instead to give a one-sided mark to avoid a tragedy in which the Luna’s death could also take the Alpha’s life.

Many Alphas were willing to mark their mates but would never allow themselves to be marked in return. However, Sebastian had long realized that he couldn’t live without his wife, and he was willing to accept her mark, binding them together in life and death.

Even Viola looked surprised when he bared his neck to her. She had never expected him to want her mark, nor had she ever counted on it happening, knowing that it was customary in their world for male Alphas to protect themselves from such a bond. Yet here he was, casually asking her to mark him as though it were the most natural thing in the world.

She looked into his eyes. "Are you sure?"

"If you take my mark, then I’ll take yours. I will bind myself to you for eternity. Wherever you go, I will follow, and whatever fate awaits you, I will face it by your side. Go ahead, mark me. I am yours, Viola Kade. In this life and whatever comes after it, I belong to you."

Sebastian gently pointed to the spot on his neck where he wanted her mark.

Viola bit the inside of her cheek, at a loss for words. She didn’t know what to do with a man who could offer her so much of himself without hesitation. His willingness to share the very fate he had always protected himself from in the past moved her deeply.

She leaned forward slowly, extended her wolf fangs, and just as he had done to her, pressed a kiss to his neck before running her tongue over his skin. Then she sank her fangs into him, allowing her venom to flow into his body.

He held her tightly against him on his lap but made not the slightest sound as her mark began to form on his neck.

Viola didn’t pull away until the marking was complete. She then licked the spot and looked down at the mark she had left on his skin. It was shaped like a full moon.

She had never imagined she would one day get to mark him, and seeing it there filled her with pride. She smiled at the sight before turning her attention to him.

"It’s a full moon," she told him.

Sebastian gently touched the mark with his fingers before leaning forward to kiss her lips.

"Thank you for giving me your mark," he whispered against her lips.

Viola couldn’t help but smile. It was usually the other way around, with the woman feeling honored to receive an Alpha’s mark. Yet here was her husband, thanking her for something she had never even expected to give him.

"You’re welcome." She whispered in amusement and kissing him deeper.

The couple rejoiced in having marked each other, and they ate together, making plans for their vacation, and Viola made her husband sleep in her bed to rest alongside her. But during the night, something completely unexpected happened, triggered by the marking.

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Away from the healing house, in the High Tower, the omega who had been dismissed by the Alpha from his mate’s bedside and replaced with another could be seen walking into the building. She had been summoned from her new post at the factory, and one could tell she was still bitter about being sent out and replaced.

As the omega walked along the floor where the guest rooms were, Laila was stepping out of the elevator on Viola and Sebastian’s penthouse floor, massaging her temple in exhaustion. She couldn’t recall the last time she had worked this hard for anyone in the past, but she had put her effort into the nursery decorations for Viola’s triplets after watching a video on how to do it.

She was planning on retiring and going straight to sleep when she noticed the omega she had briefly caught a glimpse of when Viola was giving birth, the one who had been sent out of the delivery room.

A frown came upon Laila’s face as she wondered why the omega was here, when every omega was assigned to a workplace and didn’t cross over unless sent for.

The omega walked down the corridor before she disappeared into a room after knocking on it, and the door was opened for her before it closed behind her.

Inside the room, the omega bowed her head respectfully. She had heard that the people who had summoned her were important to their Alpha, and she had learned her lesson about being careful around anyone close to the Supreme Alpha.

She had recently been banished from the healing house where she was training in medicine rather than simply dismissed, and she had no intention of making the same mistake again.

She briefly glanced at the two beautiful, elegant-looking she-wolves seated on the couch. One wore a blue dress, her chestnut hair cascading over her shoulders, while the other wore a green dress and held a cup of tea in her hand.

They were Becky and Beth, the late Luna Isadora’s stepsisters and the Alpha’s aunties.

It was said that Becky’s son was currently the Alpha of the Steel Pack, and the omega knew better than to offend either of these women.

"Good evening, ma’am." The omega bowed her head. "You sent for me, and I have come." Said Denise to the two she-wolves sitting in the living room, drinking cups of hot tea to warm their blood in the cold winter night.

"Do you know why we sent for you, omega?" Becky asked, with the air of superiority of someone who believed herself to be the Supreme Alpha’s aunt with authority.

Denise shook her head. "No, ma’am. Is there anything I could help you with? I will gladly assist you." Came the humble words of the lowly omega to her superiors, who exchanged looks of pleasure.

This was how that stupid supreme Luna should cater to them, given their position as Sebastian’s aunts, thought Becky, the elder of the two sisters. But that Luna had not paid them any heed at all since their arrival.

"We heard you were present when the Luna gave birth two days ago," Becky questioned.

She had also been the one to notice this omega being sent out of the delivery room, and had seen her name tag and tracked her down in the pack, sending for her to come, since the announcement of the births was obviously taking forever and they couldn’t wait.