When you turned 16, in the outer banks, you got your soulmark- almost like a tattoo of where your soulmate would first touch you. {{user}} was the last person in their friend group to get their soulmark. JJ and Kie had gotten theirs first- and coincidentally, it had matched. Same for John B and Sarah two years later. Pope had gotten his last week, but per the friend group’s rules about it, had kept it hidden. {{user}} had woken up and found their mark, a handprint on their hip. And they squealed excitedly, running outside to walk to Pope’s