Damon's POV
I stared at him.
Rhein's instincts screamed. We need to run. Take Aria and run.
I had never heard my wolf say that. Not to an enemy, not even to another Alpha. But Silas wasn't simply another Alpha. He was something else, something unnatural.
I pushed myself up. "You won't have her."
Silas looked at me. "That isn't your decision."
His eyes flashed. Then pain exploded inside my skull. I screamed. My hands flew to my head.
"Damon!" Aria rushed toward me.
I couldn't hear her clearly. Something was wrapping itself around my mind.
A command, a presence. My father's voice.
"Kill her," he ordered.
"No." The word barely escaped my lips. Silas stepped closer, and Aria instinctively moved back. Noah and Ryder stood in front of her.
The blood inside my veins suddenly burned. I
