Lila POVHis eyes were dark, so dark they looked almost lifeless as his tongue slid slowly over his lips. There was something calm about the way Damon approached me, like he had all the time in the world to decide exactly how he wanted to destroy me.“But before you die,” he said lowly, voice dripping with something vile, “before I slice your throat open… I’ll have a taste. I need to see for myself if it’s really as good as they say.”He stopped right in front of me, so close I could feel his breath against my skin and without thinking I spat straight in his face and his reaction was instant, his hand struck me so hard my vision blurred. My head whipped to the side as pain exploded across my cheek. A second later, I tasted blood, thick and metallic, pooling in my mouth.Damon’s face twisted with rage, his entire body vibrating with it. “That,” he hissed, wiping his face slowly, “just earned you a slow, painful death, bitch.”Every word landed like a blow, heavy and suffocating. The ha
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