Damon's POV
My ears could hardly register any sound at all.
The reek of blood spread into my nose.
I could even feel my wolf slipping into dormancy.
Silence. A long, long silence.
After a while, I woke from unconsciousness.
Blood blurred my vision.
My first thought was: I want to find Aria. I have to find her.
I can't let her leave.
I dragged my body, crawling along the empty road, until my strength gave out.
Tears mixed with blood ran into my mouth.
I couldn't move anymore.
My fingers closed around my phone, and with the last of my strength, I pressed the recording open.
But the voice that came out wasn't Aria's.
"Five years ago, this is how I stole her identity and became the one who saved your life."
Claudia's smug tone was like a blade dipped in ice, sinking inch by inch
