Chapter 43 – Damien (POV)
Title: The Blood Oath Revived
She reminded me of someone I had long buried in memory.
The moment Vanessa looked up at the stone sigil with those storm-filled eyes, it all came back—the way her hands trembled slightly but her back stayed straight. The way pain settled on her like a second skin, but she still stood tall in it. I had seen that before. I was a boy when my father knelt in front of a woman who looked just like her.
And now, I couldn't stop seeing it.
That night, I was only eight, hiding behind the carved stone pillars of our old hall, watching something I was never meant to see. The woman had walked into our land like a shadow under moonlight. Her cloak had been silver and white, like woven moonbeams, and though she said no words, my father had dropped to his knees. I didn't understand it then. Why would a king kneel? Why would the Alpha of our clan bow to anyone?
