Daren just laughed. His head tilted back slightly, his smirk refusing to die, his voice smooth even though Damon was standing over him with murder in his eyes. “Your woman?” he repeated slowly, dragging the words out like he was tasting them. “Don’t tell me you found your mate already, Damon. You?”
He pushed off the pillar, brushing the dust from his shoulder as if nothing had happened, and his eyes glinted with wicked amusement as they landed back on me. “So this is her? The one fate tied you to? I’ll be damned. She’s young, she’s beautiful, and she looks like she has no idea what kind of hell she’s walked into.”
I felt my face burn so hot I thought I might combust right there on the spot. My legs wanted to move, to hide behind Damon’s body, but they refused to obey. My chest was tight,
