Twice

In this magical world of theirs, everyone was born with a single line somewhere on their face, which was known as a magic mark. Most of the time that was it, no further explanation needed. However, there were times when a very specific condition could be met for another one to appear.Max traced the line on his left cheek slowly. In order for a second line to manifest, one had to meet their soulmate. Yeah, soulmate. Insane, right? It sounded like something out of a fairytale. Like a story made up for children.However, it could happen. A handful of cases had been documented. It was exceedingly rare, and most people didn’t hold out hope that they’d be one of the chosen few. But if someone was lucky enough to find their soulmate, both them and their soulmate’s magic power would be boosted exponentially. So there were a few power hungry individuals who spent their whole lives searching, with success rates being dismal at best.Normally, that’d be great. Max was a double-liner, after all. That meant he had a soulmate and was super strong, right? Well, not exactly. Er… more like probably? He guessed. The truth was that Max had no idea who his supposed soulmate was.