Chapter 179

Damon

The moment Nikolai walked out, I could still feel his damn presence clinging to the air like smoke. Like poison. Sienna did not say a word. She did not need to, though I understood her pain, her fear and her anger. But I also understood her sympathy. But no matter how much I was going to try and hide it, I couldn’t help but find myself feeling vulnerable to it.

I didn’t move at first. I didn’t dare myself to do so.

I just stood there, watching the closed door, as if I could burn it down with a stare alone. My hands were clenched so tight my knuckles were white. My wolf paced inside me, snarling, restless. He wanted me to stop this. He wanted me to protect my mate. He wanted me to demand answers as to why he had approached my mate in the first place, why he did not come and speak to me without involving her.

Nikolai.

Of all the bastards to show up now, now, when things were barely starting to feel like they were finding balance. And he had t