Chapter 68

Sienna

The moment Damon stormed out of the room, I leaned against the closed door, my heart hammering in my chest like a wild animal begging to be let out. It was a feeling that I did not find myself liking. It was a feeling that I found myself resenting. I found myself wanting nothing more than for my whole body to calm down. And yet I knew that it wouldn’t.

I didn’t understand what just happened. I did not understand how I could allow him to have such an effect on me, no matter how hard I try to deny him that I couldn’t bring myself to do so, not after everything that we’ve been through. The mind just seemed to find a way to affect me no matter how hard I tried to stop him.

One moment he was taunting me, daring me to break, then looking at me like I was the only thing keeping him from falling apart. The next… he was gone. Gone and away from the room, almost for good. It was as if he had disappeared. But I knew that he didn’t.

I stood there for a long