Damon went still.
I felt the change in him through the bond, a sudden spike of fear that he tried to bury before it reached me.
But I felt it. And for the first time, I wondered whether the fear wasn't for himself.
Perhaps he was afraid of what I would do when I realized I'd been standing in the way of something that had always belonged to someone else.
The woman smiled at me.
“You thought you were his mate because you were special. You thought the bond meant something because you wanted it to. But I was the one they designed him to find.” The woman said.
“That isn't true.” Damon said immediately.
“You don't even remember what your father did to you.” The woman said.
“I remember enough to know you're lying.” Damon said and Richard raised his hand.
Every chamber around us began to
