Chapter 86

• Damon's POV
• The meeting hall was packed. Every seat was taken, every corner filled with faces—some familiar, others not. Men and women stood shoulder to shoulder, their expressions tight, their bodies tense, like they were waiting for something terrible to happen.
• Even the young boys had been dragged in, barely old enough to understand why they were here. But I could see it in their eyes—the same fear, the same confusion, and worst of all, the same doubt.