Chapter 220

• Third Person's POV
• Damon stiffened the moment he saw Celestine. There was an unease curling in his chest, one he hadn't felt since he'd negotiated her early release from the confinement of the Moonshade Detention. Since then, he had avoided her scent, avoided her presence, every interaction carefully blocked with excuses.
• His father had stripped him of certain decision-making authority after Damon had secretly redirected a prized territory to Serena Draven. His own movements within the pack had become careful and measured, each step a delicate negotiation. Only his mother had gone in his place to formally end the betrothal with Celestine, leaving Damon to watch from a distance.