Chapter 44
Damon:
For the past few days, I had done everything in my power to avoid Senna,
At this point, the last thing that I wanted was to see her. The last thing that I wanted was to endure being confronted by something that I did not want to speak about.
It wasn’t difficult. She stayed in her room with Isla, only leaving to visit the incubation room. And me? I made sure that the only time I saw my daughter was when she was with the nurses.
They would take her a few times to check on her and when that happened I would come and see her. I would make sure that she’s OK before I left her to go back to her mother.
It was easier that way.
Easier than dealing with the weight of her words.
What happened to us, Damon?
That damn question had been circling my mind like a vulture waiting to pick at the remains of something long dead.
And I did not like the effect that it was having on me. Her words had more effect on me than a man hitting me in the face. And that was not something that I liked. It was not something that I wanted to think about. Nor was it something that I wanted to cope with.
I hated that she made me think about it. That she made me remember.
Because now, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t help but find myself thinking about whatever she had said.
I had spent years burying whatever past I had with her. I had convinced myself that it didn’t matter, that she didn’t matter. She was nothing more than a fleeting mistake, a consequence I never should have allowed to happen.
I had tried to convince myself that the two of us grew up together and that was why we were close to one another. That was why when I was growing, she was always around me.
And yet, all it took was one damn question to unravel the carefully built walls I had surrounded myself with. All it took was her looking at me the way they cheated, looking as vulnerable as she did for me to find myself weakening towards her.
I sat in my office, my fingers tapping against the desk, eyes scanning over documents that I had no interest in reading. The pack’s finances were stable, the border patrol reports were filed, and yet, none of it felt relevant. Not when my thoughts kept circling back
to her.
I exhale sharply, rubbing a hand over my jaw. I had more important things to focus on.
A sharp knock on the door pulled me from my thoughts. It was my father. I did not need him to actually knock on the door. He normally barged inside for him to do so. Told me that something was going on.
“Come in,” I said, straightening in my chair.
He walked inside, his expression grim, and I could tell that something was going on. He was trying to find the right way to tell me what it was.
I knew that look. It wasn’t one I particularly enjoyed seeing.
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“Father,” I acknowledged, watching as he closed the door behind him. “What is it?”
Kael crossed his arms over his chest, his green eyes sharp with something between irritation and warning. “Giovanni is on his way. And trust me when I say that it is not going to be a good thing for him to come here.”
I stiffened slightly, my fingers curling against the desk. “He’s coming here?”
“He’s pissed,” my father continued, his tone flat. “Considering the fact that you let Lysandra stay after she originally wanted to leave, he believes you’re playing some sort of game with his daughter. Needless to say, you bringing her here was a mistake, but I m not going to ask about that, nor am I going to argue about it.”
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