CHAPTER 57RAVEN’S POVDamien didn’t say a word through the ride back to the palace, and I didn’t say a word either. When we arrived, he brought me straight to his room and began searching for something frantically.I was shocked, and still engulfed with fear, but I couldn’t understand what was keeping Damien so quiet.I wanted him to gloat at me, to shout at me—anything rather than this silent treatment of his.He finally found what he was looking for. I could see that it was the supplies to help clean my wound.Slowly, without still saying a word, Damien wet a small cloth with salve and brought it straight to my cheeks.The wound stung, and I knocked his hand away. I had expected that with that action Damien was finally going to speak—but he didn’t instead, he continued dabbing at the wound.He wasn’t looking at me, and I couldn’t feel anything through the bond. The silence was making me uncomfortable, so I broke it.“Sa
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