DAMIAN'S POV
The party noise hit me like a wave when I stepped back onto the lawn. And there she was, my whole damn world, laughing in the circle of Alaric’s arm.
I crossed the grass in five long strides, slid my arm around her waist from behind, and pressed my busted mouth to the shell of her ear.
“Hey, princess,” I rasped, letting her feel the b!ood on my lip when I brushed it against her skin.
“Miss me?”
She spun in my arms, her eyes narrowing instantly on my mouth, then my knuckles.
“Damian… what the hell is th–“
I kissed her before she could finish, hard, claiming, pouring every ounce of possession I felt into it until she melted against me.
“Nothing serious, baby. Just took care of some unfinished business,” I murmured softly against her lips.
Before Cindy could start the in
