Topsy-Turvy II

[Third POV]

Damon watched as Harper's hand slowly fell limp, returning to the bed. Her breaths quickly slowed down into even paces, and with the light snores that escaped her parted lips, he knew for sure that she had fallen asleep.

He couldn't help but run a hand through his hair, his fingers tugging at the strands harshly as though the pain would distract him from the emotional upheaval his heart just endured.

Harper had gazed at him so tenderly, so lovingly, that it felt like a balm on his weary soul.

Then, his brother's name fell from her beautiful lips, a realization so devastating that it took every inch of mental fortitude in Damon not to flinch. He felt as though he had been shoved off the edge of a sharp cliff, and he was left desperately gripping for purchase.

It was Blaise that she recognized. Her love was for Blaise alone, and she had nothing to spare for Damon, nothing more than hatred and disgust and distrust.