Damon POV
Caden found me where he always does—at the edge of the field, where the trees meet the wall and the air feels just a little less suffocating.
“They’re gone,” he said, flat and to the point.
“I know.”
“No one saw them leave. They slipped out sometime after midnight. You feel it?”
I nodded slowly. “Woke up and just… knew.”
Was I even surprised that she had left?
No, I wasn’t. It was expected that she would go with her brother after what happened.
The pull I felt towards her was even stronger now because I wanted something I couldn’t have, adding to my frustration.
Sighing to myself, I stared at the window.
Caden was probably thrilled with the fact that I wasn’t going to have her here any longer. She was trouble in his eyes, and with her gone, things would be sane here. Bu
