Chapter 23: It Was Just Bleeding.
Damon's POV.
I was watching her, thinking about all the drama that had happened when I saw it.
The gash that had been bleeding freely only moments ago, a gash I had cleaned and touched up myself, was now almost fully healed. The wound had cleared and was all dried up, leaving a tight line.
I stared at it for a long time, longer than I meant to. My hand moved on its own and settled against her leg, disbelief pumping full inside of me. I could not believe my eyes, even while I was already feeling the truth of it under my fingers. The bruise was not imagined.
It was not fading. It felt solid and real against my touch.
The mark formed a red, tightened line across her skin, drawn straight and harsh, the flesh there pulled taut from old scarring.
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