Damien
I don't report Camilla as a missing person. It would be too easy to write her off as just another number in the long list of missing females, but I don't need that kind of attention right now.
Magnus is already sharpening his teeth at me, and until I'm ready to strike, I don't want him sniffing around in my business. For now, I'll let my wife rot in the secret basement. She's always been so eager to flaunt her power—so desperate to prove herself. I want to watch her as that power seeps away, drop by drop, until there's nothing left but the hollow shell she's tried so hard to hide.
That thought of power inevitably drags my mind back to Kaya.
It's been too long. I'm growing restless, and my time is running out.
I need her back. I need her power.
"Alpha Damien?" The driver's voice cuts through my thoughts, snapping me back to the present. "We've arrived."
I blink, slow at first, until the haze of my thoughts lifts completely. Dark Wood. I'm back where it all began.
