Damon
The forest has never been this quiet. Even the wind holds its breath as I watch from the shadows. Killian moves through the clearing like something born of the light, commanding, steady and unshaken. The warriors part for him with instinctive reverence. Lyra walks beside him, and the sound of her laughter slices through me like a blade sharpened on my own bones.
She never did laugh that way for me.
Not in this life. Not ever since I took her from Killian.
I should have expected it, her choosing him. I should have known that no matter how many times I burned everything for her, the universe would still twist her heart toward the one man who she didn’t deserve. But watching them now… it feels like dying all over again.
Killian’s hand brushes against hers as they stop to inspect th
