Persephone's POV. Damien has been, in one word, distant. It has been three days since the incident in his room, literally three days since I had a decent conversation with him that lasted up to thirty seconds. The first day was filled with incessant apologies, him doing everything possible to let me know that what happened was never his intention, although he didn't need to do that. He never made me feel like it was my fault, although deep down, I know it is. He apologized to me with tears in his eyes while keeping a considerable distance from me. He made no attempt to touch me and even when I reached out to hug him, he pulled back with another apology. It was like a dagger was sent through my chest when he did that. The second day was spent with him cooped up in his room for the most

