Burning Silver

It was hard to tell whether Dahlia or I was more appalled by my mother's words.

"Mom… why… how could you say that?" I spluttered out. 

"Why not? From what I hear about Damon Valentine, he is definitely not a good match for you. Just from the conversation we had earlier, I could tell his temper is spectacularly terrible." My mom shook her head. 

"No sense of humor in that man, unlike his brother. And I also heard that he had a harem of women at his beck and call, and Gus had confirmed the intelligence. Harper, my dear, you deserve better than to be one of his many women!" 

 

"It's hard for Damon to be polite and cheerful when he thinks I've been kidnapped after a few days of going missing," I said with gritted teeth, shooting Gus a death glare from the corner of my eyes. 

That vampire merely shrugged apologetically, but I could sense that he wasn't actually sorry.