Chapter 6

Karina

I crouched beside Damon. I couldn’t keep my eyes off his back and the bloody mess that Magnus had left behind. How could I have ever thought he was my Prince Charming?

“Damon, are you okay?” I questioned. I put my arms around his bigger arm and tried to help him to his feet.

Damon pushed me to the side and I stumbled back down, falling on my ass into the mud. It squished around me, almost sucking me into its slimy embrace. If he was sorry about it, he didn’t look it.

“I don’t need your help, Mistress.”

I shuddered. The last thing I wanted was to have the same name used on me as that bitch. “I’m not your Mistress, Damon. I want to be your friend.”

His lip curled and he leaned his head back to study me. “Friend? Even in your past life that wasn’t something I’m ever allowed to be. I am a servant, a slave to my master’s whims. There used to be good inside him until she showed up, but that doesn’t matter now. I don’t need your friendship,