~DAMON~
I couldn't resist telling her the truth. I couldn't resist giving her what she wanted to hear for once. I knew it wouldn't change a single thing between us, and I was aware that it might only make things worse. However, I couldn't say no to her today, not after almost losing her.
My heart still raced from seeing her surrounded by those flames. I was terrified of losing Clarissa. I always knew there was a great chance that she was my weakness, but now I was one hundred percent sure that she was. No one terrified me the way that she did. I've never wanted to protect anyone the way I've always wanted to protect her.
I would never be able to live with myself if anything ever happened to her. It bothers me that something terrible could have happened to her today, and I wouldn't have
