For a moment she's lost in the touch, in the kisses. She's so blissed out that it takes his fingers brushing against rough, raised skin to pull her out of the moment. She tenses before she can realize why, flinching away.

Juliet forgot about the brand, forgot that it's there for a reason she knows he'll carry. She wasn't planning on ever telling him.

She also wasn't planning on ever being naked with him.

"Sorry," she breathes out, not wanting him to think he did anything wrong.