A new decision.

Alpha Damon's POV

I needed to protect her. I needed to protect that woman. Those were the only words that kept running through my mind as I kept watching her even after River left us alone.

But how do I protect her?

I was skeptical about doing anything to those who wanted to harm her. I first started noticing that people, especially Miss Kardashian, maltreated her each time it looked like I was siding with her in the past. But I couldn't pass the blame on anyone else, knowing that I was the catalyst that ignited such emotion in those people. If I hadn't shown my hatred for her in the first place, none of them would have done such a thing. If I didn't show that I wanted her to suffer, they would have made sure that they didn't cross her path.

But I had done all of those things. I wished that I had simply ignored the mating bond between us just as I was doing these days.

The reality, however, was that it was hard to ignore the mating bond pull. There were only two ways to get rest from