Elena POVI could hear talking but it was muffled by the screaming ring in my ears. Opening my eyes it was hard to focus on any one face, but then I saw Damon rushing to my side. “ELENA???! Elena?? Can you hear me?” His voice actually sounded like he had concern for me. “Elena can you say anything? We need to know the extent of the damage done to your motor functions.” The old man standing next to him said. He approached me, lifting my eyelids to flash a bright light in my eyes. “Get away from me” I said in a raspy voice. “Ma’am I’m only trying to check your well being, you’ve been through quite a number. My presence is necessary.” The man responded before he went back to checking my pupils. “Not you, him.” Damon looked like I pierced his heart with a silver dagger. “Ma’am the alpha has not left your side in weeks. He’s bathed you, clothed you, kept close eye on your iv bags and has even been sanitizing and medicating your wounds. He cares deeply for your well being you should b

Damon POVElena finally fell asleep around 4 in the morning but I couldn’t. Tonight was very important, not only for us but for my pack, nothing could go wrong. I laid next to her in bed, holding her until the sun started to shine through the window, then I was off to wake Dean. Barging in his room I said “Dean wake up. We’ve got an entire ceremony to plan and less than 12 hours to plan it.” Looking around his room was clean, but not spotless, clothes were draped across the floor. Finally I laid my eyes upon him, and the man in his bed. In a low growl Dean sprung from his bed pushing the man out of him. “Sir I can explain…” my eyes hadn’t left the man grinning at me from underneath Deans sheets. “GAURDS” I yelled. “Alpha it’s not what it looks like, Josh and I were just- just-“Taking a few steps towards him I wondered “Just- Just- what Dean? Just- just- canoodling the man that tried to raped my mate? Just- Just- talking strategy on how to get back at me for mating Elena? Just- Ju

I opened the door face planting into Jesse who winced then awkwardly laughed. “Did I hurt you? I’m so sorry.” I said as I tried to lift myself off her but my arms buckled underneath me landing me right back on top of her. As I landed the second time she cried. “Jesse I’m so sorry, are you hurt? What’s wrong?!” I frantically said. Damon leaned down and helped me off her but Jesse remained doubled over on the floor, she began to weep clenching her stomach. After making sure I was steady he released me and began rolling her dress up, she tried to fight him off but he was still able to twist the dress exposing integrate bruises starting at the top of her thighs which only deepened in color wrapping around her back stopping right below her breast or at least that’s all we could see as her breasts were wrapped in bandages. “Elena” Damon said in a low authoritative tone “Grab my phone from the dresser and dial Alan. Tell him to come up here immediately.” I quickly trampled to the dresser,

I straddled Damon tracing my fingers in the groves of his abs beneath his shirt but I still felt sadness flowing through our bond. His face was distorted like he retreated into the back of his mind. “Damon?…”“My mother used to love these flowers…” his voice was hardly existent. He sat up shifting my ass to the bed beside him not breaking his view of the mural. I could feel a tidal wave of vexation, depression, and guilt taking hold of the connection between us. “Hey look at me…” I said as I pulled his face to mine then continued “what is going on with you.. since I’ve been able to feel the connection between us I’ve only ever felt happiness once, during the ceremony, but here we are right back to this guilty sadness..”“It’s complicated Elena” he said standing from the bed making his way towards the bathroom. “Don’t walk away from me! If it’s complicated then explain it to me!”“I just need a few minutes El!” He screamed allowing his aura to slip, slamming the door behind him.The

Damon and I spent half the night in each others warm embrace, talking about the horrible deed his closest friend and adviser unknowingly inflicted upon me. After Damon slipped off into dreamland I laid wide awake next to him my brain spinning over the information he filled my skull with. Not only was my dad a vicious monster to me, he cheated on my mother with a witch, then allowed that witch to escape after she killed my mates mother. He bullied me my entire life over doing the ‘right thing’ for our pack to ensure the bloodline was kept pure when he soiled our bloodline every chance he got with someone who wasn’t even a wolf. I had no doubt that Damon told me the full truth he knew because I could feel his sincerity through our bond but I still couldn’t help but feel like I was missing information. I needed answers and I hoped the head witch could give me some. I placed a sweet kiss on his lips then rolled over to try and sleep. I felt his arm trace down my side before pulling me c