Damian
When Dad announced that bombshell, I went completely still. Every single nerve in my body settled… not in a calming, peaceful way, but in that sharp, unsettling, ‘I never imagined it would turn out like this’ kind of way.
Truthfully, I had always known something of this nature would eventually happen. A time would come when Darkshade would finally be split into two again, just like it originally had been from the very beginning, long before Dad made the decision to merge both territories under one rule when he took charge of them.
It had always been easier that way, ruling from a single standpoint rather than stretching authority across divided directions while still maintaining the same level of precision and control. But even with that, I knew one thing for certain, he would ne
