Shameless Betrayal

DAMIAN

Everything after that moment was a blur, a smear of color and sound that my brain refused to process in any coherent order. I remember screaming. I remember the guards at the gate, their hands on my chest, pushing me back, their voices telling me to leave, that I was not welcome here.

I remember fighting against them, my fists swinging, my body straining toward the door I knew she had