DAMON.
"No Catherine?" Ryder asks as I stalk into the pack.
"No," I growl. "No clue."
"Oh Damon," my mother calls as she rushes to me, her hands stretched out to take me into a hug.
"Mother," I sigh into her shoulders. "Why... why would she leave?*
"I don't know Damon. But you have to understand, Catherine has scars, she has been hurt before and would probably do anything to not get hurt again."
"But I thought... I thought she was happy here," I say as I lift my head to look at her.
"I thought so too. Maybe something spooked her or someone. Think, was there anything that she saw or heard that would have set her on edge?"
"I don't know, * I say as we walk into the mansion. "She seemed happy and everyone was careful with her... except..."
"Except what?"
"Mel. When she returned she
