"I told you," Adam snapped, eyes flashing, "I don't have a soulmark. My family were thrilled." he added in a mutter, tilting his head aside and pulling his hoodie a little further up.

"And I'm telling you-" Kojiro huffed and yanked the hoodie back down. "It's weird," he paused, looking at the bleeding heart again; there were little smudges above the top curves, like . . . he pushed Adam's hair aside and saw that the heart was the centre of a . . . pawprint? "to have it here, but you've definitely got one. Unless you've tattooed the nape of your neck." he added, releasing Adam as he pulled away this time.