Damien’s POV“Should that be a problem?” Kayla tilted her head, trying to peer past me.I stepped in fast, curling my arm around Scarlet and pulling her into my chest. Her head fit against my shoulder, hidden from view.“Don’t look until I say so,” I whispered against her hair, my palm smoothing over it in slow, steady strokes.She gave the smallest nod, obedient.“Is that your woman?” Kayla asked, her voice lilting as she started toward us.I blocked her with a single step forward, my grip on Scarlet’s waist tightening until she could feel every hard line of me.“I don’t know you,” I said evenly. “I don’t recall meeting you before. Why are you here?”Sweat prickled down my temples as the curse’s voice coiled in my skull, taunting, hungry, urging me to tear Kayla apart.“Damien…” Scarlet’s soft voice brushed my ear.“Don’t call my name like that, Scarlet.” My tone was sharp, but my mouth was close to hers—too close. What she didn’t realize was that every time she said my name, it fed
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