Damon:The sun had barely dipped below the horizon when I guided Sienna out of the car, her hand tucked securely in mine. The sky above was painted in hues of rose and orange, and the distant chirping of crickets signaled the oncoming night.Having had dinner together, the two of us were now heading
Sienna:The soft hum of birdsong outside the cottage window was the first thing I noticed. That, and the warmth.It was a warmth that I felt, that I did not expect to feel, that I did not know or understand. But the smile that formed on my lips told me quickly that I was well aware of what it was fr
Damon:She was curled up on the bed again, this time wrapped in one of my black button-down shirts that nearly swallowed her whole. Her hair was tousled, her bare legs tangled in the sheets, and she had that sleepy, just-woke-up glow that hit me like a damn punch to the gut.She looked up at me from
Sienna:Coming back felt different this time.I didn't know how to explain it, but it felt completely different. I felt like I belonged, like I was living in something that I did not know or even consider living in. I felt like I was on cloud nine. I was floating and the only thing that was holding
Lysandra:The moment the words left the maid’s lips, something inside me cracked.He marked her.My ears rang. My vision blurred.“He what?” I had asked, though I’d already heard it. My heart hammered against my rib cage and I shook my head, not wanting to believe that this was true, not wanting to
Damon:The scent of cedarwood and ink lingered in the air, mixing with the soft hum of sunlight seeping through the windows behind my desk. Papers lay untouched in front of me, the reports Ethan had dropped off hours ago forgotten as I sat across from the one man whose silence always came with weigh
Sienna:The office was quiet, save for the soft tapping of keys and the hum of the coffee machine in the corner. Damon wasn’t here today, something about needing to deal with a few matters that didn’t concern the company. He hadn’t elaborated, and I hadn’t asked.I did not want to intervene, though
Damon:The house was quiet when I got home, too quiet.It was as if the light of the home that I have gotten used to seemed to dim down in a way that I could not explain.There was no sound of Isla’s babbles, no soft hum of Sienna’s voice echoing from the hall. The usual warmth that filled these wal
Sienna:The warmth of the afternoon sun barely filtered through the windows of our room, but I could feel the coldness in Damon’s demeanor more than anything. He was distant again, not physically, but in the way his eyes didn’t hold mine for too long, in the way his jaw clenched when he thought I wa
“Marissa stepped in. She ran inside the building. She protected you. She brought you back. Your mother jumped out the window. Marissa was going to jump too. Giovanni stood and watched. The building collapsed, and she burned and died inside.” Father explained, looking away from me for a moment. “Sien
Damon:“She said to ask Alpha Kael why he stood there and watched her mother burn alive.”Carter’s words sent a wave of shock through the room. I turned toward him, stunned, every muscle in my body tensing. This was the last thing that I would have expected to think that things were being played thi
Delilah:I stayed longer than I meant to.It wasn't because I wanted to, but it was because this was the one place where I could be who I was, where I could remove the mask of strength that I was forced to wear, where I could just sit without Giovanni's men lurking around me.I still don't know what
Ethan:There were things in this world I could handle, pain, betrayal, even death. But not this. Not her. Not when I knew how wrong this was and yet no one I could not stop how I was feeling no matter how hard I tried.I leaned against the stone column outside the west wing, my arms folded across
Damon:“I don't understand how she managed to get inside the building towards Sienna's office and why no one stopped her, Why security didn't just stop her. What did she give them as an explanation and how did she find out where she was working? How did she find out where the building was?” I asked,
Delilah:The moment I stepped into the study, I knew something was wrong.Actually, it was the moment that I walked inside the house, when I noticed the tension within the house and when I was told that he was waiting for me in his office.The maids avoided eye contact. The air was heavier than usua
Damon:The house was quiet when I got home, too quiet.It was as if the light of the home that I have gotten used to seemed to dim down in a way that I could not explain.There was no sound of Isla’s babbles, no soft hum of Sienna’s voice echoing from the hall. The usual warmth that filled these wal
Sienna:The office was quiet, save for the soft tapping of keys and the hum of the coffee machine in the corner. Damon wasn’t here today, something about needing to deal with a few matters that didn’t concern the company. He hadn’t elaborated, and I hadn’t asked.I did not want to intervene, though