Lysandra froze for a second before letting out a breathless laugh, but this time, there was no humor in it, just something dark and frustrated. It was one to reflect her anger. It was one to show me that this was not something that she liked and I knew that she was going to give me a fuss about it.
Sienna:I ran my fingers through my hair, gently brushing it as I forced myself to ignore the pain that I felt in my chest, knowing that tonight was going to be one that was difficult for me.My girl.My little angel.I could feel her whimpers, and I could feel her calling for me, and yet, I also kn
Damon:I looked at Lysandra as she sat on the couch, glaring at me, clearly lost in her own thoughts, furious about what happened between us.“You being angry is not going to change the fact…”“That you cheated on me with an Omega? Let me know, Damon, would you be as calm as you expect me to be had
Sienna:The moment my feet touched the cool floor outside the infirmary, I hesitated. It felt surreal. It was almost impossible for me to process the fact that I was out of there, that I was free to roam around without anyone monitoring me the way that they did.For days, that sterile room had been
But then I felt it.The weight of a presence behind me.The presence of the one person that I did not want to see, that I did not want to look at, and that I did not want around me. And I knew that he understood that very well. I understood that he was the last person that I wanted to speak to or lo
Lysandra:rolled behind me, its wheels clicking in rhythm with my stride. I could still hear my father’s voice in my head, harsh and unyielding, reminding me of the shame I had brought to our family by chasing after Damon.The man that I knew that my father warned me against seeing or speaking to ag
“What’s the matter, Sienna?” I whispered. “Too weak to fight back? Or are you realizing that every word that I am telling you is nothing more than the truth that everyone is afraid to show you.”Her head turned, just a fraction, but enough for me to see the steel in her gaze. And then, without warni
Damon:I stood in the hallway long after Lysandra's heels had clicked out of earshot. My hands were still clenched into fists, the tendons taut beneath my skin, but it wasn’t her departure that had my blood simmering.It wasn’t the woman who suddenly changed her mind about leaving to simply prove a
Giovanni:The silence in my office was never just silence.It was a weapon. A weight. A promise.The last thing that I would have expected was to send men following her, the one woman that I expected to never betray me. But if her mother had done so, why was I surprised when she did?I took a whiff
“Whatever you have to say, spill it out.”“I need your help.”That froze her.For just a second, the steel in her spine wavered. “What did you say?”“I said I need your help.”She stared at me, unsure if this was another game, another manipulation. Her jaw clenched.“You have a funny way of asking f
Delilah:The walls of the office were too white.Too clean. Too polished.And no matter how hard I wanted to deny it, no matter how much I was despising being here, I knew that I needed to be.I needed help, and I knew that they were the only people who would be willing to help with something like t
Sienna:I told myself I was just taking a walk.I told myself that I just needed a break, that I was going to be all right, that this was just a moment of weakness where I needed to find myself.I took a deep breath as I walked down the western corridor, where the windows were tall and the sunlight
I laughed, stepping closer. “You’re getting attached. That’s dangerous.”“She’s my sister,” Delilah hissed. “And I'm going to start acting like it. Or is it because you deprived the two of us from being together, from growing up by one another side that you are furious that I'm actually taking the c
Giovanni:The door creaked open, the scent of ash and leather wafting into the grand marble foyer like a warning. I stepped inside, boots echoing with cold authority across the polished floor. Silence wrapped around the place like a shroud.Everything seemed calm, far too delicate in a way that I di
Damon:She didn’t say anything at first.Not since we left the office. Not since the two of us were inside the car.We sat in the car with the silence between us stretched thin, tight like a wire pulled to its breaking point. I didn’t push her. I didn’t reach for her. I let her sit in it, breathe th
Sienna:The second the office door clicked after we walked inside, after Giovanni left, I felt something inside me break. I felt like the whole world under me crumbled, and like I was smaller than I ever was.I didn’t care that Damon was there. I didn’t care that we were still at work, or that the w
Damon:“We are going to need to run through these before the meeting. You know that we don’t want to be behind on anything.” Sienna said, and I hummed in response before taking her hand in mine, gently kissing her knuckle.“You don’t need to worry too much. I already have everything ready and covere