Chapter Ninety-Eight

Damon's POV

"Are you sure about this?"

"Yes. It's now or never." Skyler's raspy voice floated over to me.

I stared at him, trying to get a read on him but his emotions didn't give a hint of anything amiss and his heartbeat remained steady. We'd been carefully scouting Zirah's and her mate's movement over the past three weeks, looking for an open window that will give us easy access to carry out my plan. There was going to be an annual pack fest tomorrow, with some of the neighboring packs coming in to celebrate with the Red Rose pack.

I had wanted something less rowdy because then their guards wouldn't be up as much, and they were liable to make mistakes. But Skyler had assured me that this was the best time to strike and get what I wanted while everyone was distracted. I was still skeptical about it, not fully on board. I had a suspicion that he was trying to set me up even though I'd followed him -without him knowing, of course- throughout the weeks and I haven't seen any form of w