After a long moment, Allen forces herself away from the door and hurries to take her clothes and jump into the shower, desperate to get cleaned up. Once she's done and dressed in clean sweats, she finally decides to stop being such a coward and walk back out to the living room. As she does, she half expects the alpha to already be gone, and she finds that she half wants him to be. But not really.

The alpha is pacing restlessly in the small living room, looking just as messed up as Allen feels. As soon as Damon spots her, he closes the distance between them but doesn't dare...