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Chapter Thirty-Three: The Ambush

Author: Raegan
last update publish date: 2026-01-18 22:18:29

Marina's Pov

That night I couldn't sleep.

I lay in bed staring at the ceiling with Damon beside me, his breathing steady and even but my mind wouldn't stop racing.

I was afraid of the coming meeting, afraid it was a trap that would get Damon killed and what my returning memories meant. I closed my eyes, trying to force sleep.

The nightmare began immediately.

I was a child but not three years old. I was older, maybe nine or ten, running through a burning pack house. Smoke was everywhere, thick a
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