Chapter 278

Damon

The air split open around us.

And though everyone wanted to hide it, I saw their fear in their eyes. I was their alpha. I could feel it, I could feel them, but I still held my ground for them.

The mist surged higher, thicker, alive now with claws and teeth and screams. The ground roared beneath my feet, cracking under the weight of her magic. She was reacting, she was playing around and she was angry, angrier than she had been in a while. I must admit we seem to have left an impression on her and one that she did not want to admit.

And to make matters more difficult for her, more frustrating, my wolves did not move.

Not an inch.

Sienna’s words still rang in the air, still burned in their blood. And that was all I needed. Her strengthened her pride, the way that she had radiated it to them, the way that she stood in front of everybody, the way that she stood by my side and the front lanes. She gathered their strength, she gave them a r