D A M O N It felt like a bucket of ice water had been thrown over me. My entire world came crashing down around me. I blinked multiple times, thinking I was hallucinating but her face, her strawberry blonde hair, the small scar above her left eyebrow... it was all real. Serafina. My heart hammered against my ribs. I felt like I was suffocating. The pack members who have now shifted back gasped and started whispering amongst themselves. Even from a distance I could hear them. "Serafina is alive?" "I thought she died?" "But what about Kiara? She's Damon's mate now." My mother. She looked pale but there was a flicker of something in her eyes. Hope? Relief? I wasn't sure. And Kiara. My poor Kiara. She was still in her wolf form, her body rigid. I could feel her confusion through our matin

