Alpha Damon (Sienna) novel Chapter 136

Delilah:

He was slipping away.

And no matter how hard I wanted to deny it, I knew that I could not hold the control that I wanted to hold. I knew that he was right. My father knew that he was tougher. I was the one that underestimated him. And now I need to deal with what I did not anticipate.

But this was not something that I liked. The feeling of failure was not one that I liked.

I could feel it in every look he didn’t give me, in every word left unspoken. Damon Lockwood was pulling away from the strings I so carefully tied, the ones I had spent years preparing to use. I didn’t come here for nothing. I didn’t bleed for nothing.

And yet here I was after being treated, being pushed away for nothing.

But that damn Omega.

Sienna De Luca.

She had him in a way I hadn’t expected. Not just his attention, his loyalty, his heart. The man was deeply in love with her and that was not something that I expected. I expected her to be a fling or simply the mother of his child. I thought I could mimic her scent, steal her presence, become her in a way that would drive him mad.

But instead, all I had done was remind him of what he already had.

The woman that he wanted to be with, the Omega that he found himself appealed to, attracted to, despite me not wanting him to be.

I paced the length of the guest room, teeth clenched, heart burning. He didn’t care. He wasn’t even trying to be subtle anymore. He had allowed me to stay, yes, but he hadn’t touched me, hadn’t lingered long enough to even show curiosity. He did not even try to put your finger on me, to pull me closer to him, to try and understand how he was feeling.

He was resisting the bond, and I hated that I was beginning to feel annoyed by it too. It shouldn’t have hurt this much. I had a plan. I was supposed to be stronger than this. I shouldn’t let this neglect annoy me, and yet here I was.

But it was time for me to be able to play my game smart. I was going to need to make him fall for it, no matter what the consequences were going to be.

I slowly raised my shirt, carefully loosening the bandage just enough so that the dried wound began to sting. Then I opened the door and stepped into the hallway, walking with slow, deliberate steps. I was going to need to live in his mind. He wanted me out, but that was not going to be the plan. I was going to be staying.

Perfect.

I exhaled shakily, letting the pain show on my face. Just a little more.

“Damon,” I said softly, reaching out as if I was going to say goodbye. “I’ll be leaving tonight. I don’t want to intrude

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My fingers grazed the edge of the wall. I winced.

His eyes narrowed immediately. “What the hell is going on with you?”

I didn’t let him finish.

I was going to need to know how to play my game very carefully.

The hallway buzzed as footsteps hurried toward us, medics rushing in and taking me from his arms. His touch lingered on my waist just a second too long. He didn’t meet my eyes. He didn’t say anything.

He just turned.

And walked away.

I stared after him. But that did not last long as his Luna walked towards me, her eyes meeting mine for a moment before she put her hand on my forehead. The medics stopped their tracks as they looked at her.

“Do not let her out of the Infirmary until that wound has healed.” She said, looking at the medics. They nodded. I kept my eyes on her. “I believe that you need to rest, otherwise you’re just going to keep getting into incidents that you would not like. You know, the bandage does seem to be ripped off even though you’re going to try and deny it.” She took a step back, watching as the medics took me to the Infirmary. I did not say a word. I did not move. She was smart. And I could understand why my father saw her as a threat. And why Lysandra could not play her. She was patient. She was playing her own game despite her being an Omega. She was my mother’s daughter.

But my mind went back to Damon, the man who found it harder for himself to contain himself, to control whatever he was feeling, wanting to deny it, clearly.

But even you can’t deny that your body reacts before your mind can lie.

And I’ll make sure that soon… it’s not just your body that betrays you.

It will be your heart, too.