Damon:
I felt her break the barrier; I felt her fear and how indecisive she felt, but I couldn’t move. It was like I was locked inside my mind, and my brain and body were disconnected. I fought and fought, trying to make the right connections and make sense of why I could feel her absence in the room and inside the barrier. She had left the gates of Clearwater, left us, and left her magic behind to keep us from following.
I called out to my shadows, relieved when they responded. I waited impatiently as they worked to erase my mate’s magic.
Did she think we wouldn’t feel her leave? She wears our marks now. Of course, she knew… that’s why she enchanted our sleep.
Finally, I broke free from her spell and ordered the shadows to wake the twins. As their bodies became tied in my darkness, I
