Damon
I hate this feeling of dread that stemmed from the helplessness I was feeling. I hated that things were spiraling in ways that I had never even predicted.
Things were supposed to go according to my plan but they weren't now.
The council chamber still echoed in my skull days after whatever happened and my mind kept thinking of how Lyra and Killian were able to hide whatever they were saying. It was either they had a secret way or my hearing was going bad.
Selene’s screams, her tears, the accusing eyes of the elders… it all replayed in loops that I couldn’t silence. She was gone now, locked in the dungeons like the traitor she was branded.
And me?
I walked free.
Not because I was innocent, but because I was clever enough to cut her loose before she dragged me down with her. I wo
