Winter’s POV It’s been a few days since that phone call with Damon, and I can’t stop replaying his words in my head. “I’m not afraid of Sienna, Winter.” The confidence in his voice was so absolute, and yet... I’m not sure I believe him. Sienna’s grip on him is suffocating, and the more I try to ignore it, the more her presence feels like a shadow in everything we do. I can almost hear her every time I close my eyes. She’s relentless. She doesn’t back down. She’s the kind of person who won’t stop until she’s won, and right now, I don’t know what “winning” means for her. What scares me the most is that I’ve seen how far she’s willing to go to destroy things. And Damon... he doesn’t see her like I do. I know he wants to fight her, wants to be the man I thought he was capable of being, but

