He's hurt

**Elora's POV**

“That's a relief!” I said to myself the minute Damon kicked Lucien's sword away and it fell. My joy was boundless because at some point, I thought Lucien was going to beat him, but he proved me wrong.

I was so happy that I didn't know when I stood up and started clapping like the rest. Damon looked at him and smiled, I returned the smile before I realized what I was doing.

I cleared my throat and took the stage, then grabbed a mic. If only Damon knew what he had done for me. Lucien being my beta was like handling two problems at the same time. How would I get my revenge when the people expect me to take advice from him?

When I wanted to pick Damon as my beta directly, Elder Blake secretly advised me to do it this way. He made me understand that the people might think I did it because he was my mate and I wanted to favor him. I could do that if I wanted to, but I didn't want them to feel like Damon didn't deserve it even though I was sure he did, and so I had to make t