Chapter Ten

Damon POV

It's been two weeks since that disastrous dinner, and Elle has been avoiding me like the plague, driving me insane. Elle somehow managed to be gone from the house before I woke up, no matter how early I was ready and waiting in the living room, hoping to hear her footsteps come down for breakfast. Slade was beginning to become a nuisance, constantly pleading to hunt her down and demanding she stay next to us always. It didn't help that Theo was next to her every time we saw her, stuck like fucking glue.

Theo and Elle sit together across the courtyard, completely lost in their world, ignorant of the rest of us. I hate how comfortable she is with him; the way Theo can make her laugh makes me jealous that I never have. At the same time, I am forced to watch from the shadows like a deranged stalker wishing for her to notice me the way she sees him. My heart aches at seeing Elle put her hand on his arm. I crave her to touch me like that.

"What are you looking at, babe?" says