Chapter 201

Sienna

I stood at the edge of the clearing, my arms wrapped around myself, trying to hold it together, not for me, but for him.

He did not want to admit it, but he needed me to stand strong. He needed me to show him that it was okay to stand strong despite this pain. And if I weakened now, then it would give him a chance to do so too.

To say that I was scared was not going to be a lie. I was afraid of everything that we were facing and I did not understand how we were going to be able to deal with them. I did not understand how hard it was going to be for us to be able to cope with all of this at once.

Damon’s voice still rang in my ears. Steady. Strong. But I could hear the ache under it, the grief that clung to each word. The fire he spoke with wasn’t just fury, it was heartbreak. It was the sound of a man who had been torn open and was trying to stitch himself back together in front of everyone. It sounded like a man who was doing his best not to sh