Chapter 75

Damon

The walk down the hallway was quiet. Neither Sienna nor I said a word.

Truth be told, neither one of us knew what to say, and I was thankful for the silence. Right now I needed it. I needed it to allow myself the moment to think.

And that silence brought that for me. It gave me the moment to allow myself to process how I was feeling, especially after last night, especially after everything.

I did not even know what brought me back to the Infirmary later that night, but I knew this when I saw her asleep the way that I did. I wanted nothing more than to hold her in my arms. And when I carried her in my arms, when her head lay on my chest, I found myself getting lost in her, growing mesmerized.

Sienna was just a step ahead of me, her robe brushing her ankles as she moved with careful grace. She hadn’t said anything since the maid left, and I didn’t press her. Not yet. There were still too many words hanging between us, unspoken, heavy, dangero