The pieces of the puzzle started to come together.
"Why?" I asked, my voice dangerously low. "Why would he do that?"
"He wanted you to suffer. He was so envious of the power you were beginning to have and he wanted to break you, by making you think your soulmate was dead. He knew what we were to each other Damon. He knew we were fated to be together."
She let out a sob, her body shaking. "He said he'd never let me go unless I agreed to reject you. I told him I would rather die than do that. He hurt me for that, Damon. He hurt me so bad."
My fists clenched at my sides, my knuckles turning white. All I could see was red. I had lost three years of my life thinking Sera was dead. But all along it was a game to him all along.
"How did you escape?" I asked, looking at her broken form.
"He
