~Damon’s POV~

I failed them…

I failed Bertha…

I failed Emily…

I should never have allowed them to die. I should have protected them. They should never have died under my watch… in the same pack I vowed to protect them.

God.

How could I live… how could I breathe knowing two of my kind I was supposed to protect are dead… and they died in the most horrible manner…

The scene lived in my mind… it had not left. It refused to leave.

I could not sleep. Could not bring myself to feed.

I was weak, helpless, angry at myself.

I should have seen it ahead of time and...