Chapter 30: Reaching for the stars

Olivia POV

Damon held my hand as he led me through the forest, refusing to let me know where exactly we were going.

He laughed every time I would ask him where he was taking me, and I couldn’t deny that his cheerful attitude and laughter was contagious. It was fun acting like two little kids who were hiding a secret and about to do something they weren’t supposed to.

When we finally came to a stop, I saw a meadow covered with tall grass swaying in the gentle breeze.

I couldn’t see clearly since it was dark, but I could just imagine how it looked during the day, covered in wildflowers and butterflies.

I heard a noise from a little ways away, and I saw two wild rabbits playing in the grass. At the other end of the meadow, where the forest started, a little family of deer came to feast on wh