~Lyra~

After breakfast the whole table slowly cleared out, but I was still buzzing like I had downed ten cups of coffee and swallowed all my dignity with them.

Damon didn’t say much after his sharp “no” to his mother, didn’t even look at Daren again, shoulders tense, jaw tight, his whole presence screaming don’t-push-me-right-now energy.

~~

By the time I caught up to him in the front hallway, he was already dressed like the Alpha that he was.

Dark clothes. ...