They returned from the border meeting with Damon carrying considerably more clarity than before, though the picture now forming felt heavier than anything they had previously pieced together.
"Everything circles back to the same point," Elena said, pacing the length of her private study while Logan sat nearby, exhaustion evident in both their expressions after days of continuous revelation. "Garrick manipulating both Lustblood and Bloodmoon. Damon's secret arrangement extending beyond his control. All of it, ultimately, serving the same purpose."
"Preventing our marriage," Logan said quietly.
"Not simply preventing it," Kira said, entering the chamber with Finnian close behind her, having spent the previous hours reviewing every document they had gathered throughout this entire investig
