Chapter 23: It Was Just Bleeding.Damon's POV. I was watching her, thinking about all the drama that had happened when I saw it. The gash that had been bleeding freely only moments ago, a gash I had cleaned and touched up myself, was now almost fully healed. The wound had cleared and was all dried up, leaving a tight line. I stared at it for a long time, longer than I meant to. My hand moved on its own and settled against her leg, disbelief pumping full inside of me. I could not believe my eyes, even while I was already feeling the truth of it under my fingers. The bruise was not imagined. It was not fading. It felt solid and real against my touch.The mark formed a red, tightened line across her skin, drawn straight and harsh, the flesh there pulled taut from old scarring. It looked wrong, like something that should not have been there, and yet it was. I traced it once, then again, slower this time, as if repetition might change what I was seeing.I touched it again and again, m
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