DAMON’S POV
The door closed behind her And for a moment I didn’t move. The silence in the bathroom felt different now, Not empty. Tense. Like something had just shifted and hadn’t settled yet. My gaze stayed fixed on the door long after she was gone. My jaw tight. My chest… wrong.
Death is the only way you escape me.
The words echoed back, but now, now they didn’t feel like control. They felt like a warning, I exhaled sharply, dragging a hand down my face. This wasn’t supposed to happen she wasn’t supposed to walk away like that. Not after everything. Not after what I said and yet— She did. My hand curled into a fist.
No.
She wasn’t choosing him, she couldn’t be. This was influence and manipulation. Nathan getting into her head, that’s all this was. I straightened slowly, forcing cont
