Chapter 96Lana’s POV Looking at him, at the tired smile that didn’t quite reach the shadows in his eyes, it hit me all at once. A cold, clarifying wave of understanding. In this messy, beautiful, complicated thing between us, the pressure he was under from his family was a crushing weight. It was never less than mine. While I was worrying about gossip and sideways glances, he was fighting a war against his own blood, ready to torch his entire inheritance just for the right to stand beside me.“You don’t have to do this, you know,” I whispered, my voice thick with emotion. “Fight them all like this. It’s… It’s too much.”His smile softened, becoming more real. He cupped my face, his thumb stroking my cheek. “Lana, look at me. I made a choice. You are my choice. I’m not giving up on you. Not now, not ever. I don’t care how many walls I have to tear down.”“But it would be better for you if you did,” I argued, the practical, fearful part of me rising up. “I have nothing, Damon. No powe
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