Lena POVI shake my head, choking on disbelief. “No… please. Please don’t do this. Please, Damon—”His voice cuts me off. “Enough.”His gaze sears into me, cold and condemning. I can see it now: the conclusion settling in his mind like a verdict passed down from a judge. His jaw is clenched, his eye
I reel back, stunned. “What? I wasn’t even here when you originally gave it to him. What are you talking about?”Her gaze cuts to me, narrowed beneath the veil of tears. “Oh really? Then why did you attack me, Lena? You wanted me to fail so you could save him yourself and look like the hero. Well, I
Lena POVThe world tilts on its axis as Damon’s roar fills the room.For a heartbeat, silence hangs heavy. My arm drips blood onto the floorboards from the claw marks marring my skin, Noah trembling weakly in my lap. Celeste’s entire body freezes above me, her nails still gleaming scarlet in the poo
My heart twists painfully.For a moment, I wonder if this was Damon’s plan all along. To bring me back here only so I could see it with my own eyes that my own son still rejects me, that he will always choose someone else. It’s a far worse punishment than I could’ve ever imagined him coming up with,
Lena POVThe silence that follows is heavy, electric. Even Noah, half-dazed with his fever, stirs faintly at the sharpness in my voice.Celeste doesn’t flinch. If anything, she seems to revel in having finally gotten under my skin, like she’s been waiting for this exact moment since she forced her w
Lena POVThe silence in the car pressed down on me like a weight as I eased off the brake and continued to drive slowly through the downpour. The engine hummed beneath me, the road stretched out like an endless ribbon.Unfit.Jealous.Every cruel syllable rolled through my head, louder and louder, u