Sera's POV
The silence stretched between us like a chasm.
I watched Damon's face, searching for something, anything that would tell me I still mattered. That our relationship wasn't being sacrificed for a woman who had appeared from nowhere.
Finally, he spoke.
"I don't think wanting the truth would affect our relationship." His voice was measured, careful. "You're exaggerating this, Sera. You're my mate. Elena is just... an answer. Something I need to understand about my past."
I closed my eyes.
I couldn't listen to this anymore. Couldn't stand there while he avoided the real issue, while he refused to acknowledge the obvious. He had special feelings for that woman. I had seen it in his eyes when he looked at her. In the desperation of his voice when he called her name.
But he would
