~Lyra~

I knew I had messed up the second the words slipped out of my mouth. Or what. Do you have any idea how stupid that sounded, how reckless, how suicidal?

Because Damon stopped dead in his tracks the very moment I said it. His entire body stiffened beneath me, every muscle locking tight, like a predator that had just scented weakness in its prey.

He turned his head just enough for me to catch the sharp outline of his jaw and the way his lips parted like he was on the verge ...