Chapter 5 - Power Games

• Alina
• The cold light of early morning filters through the large windows of the manor house. My muscles are still burning from the previous day's training. Every blow, every fall, every contact with Damon has left me breathless, my body on fire and my mind in turmoil.
• I'm lying on the bed, the sheets crumpled around me. My heart is still beating too fast as I think back to the way Damon pinned me to the floor, his powerful body crushing mine, his ragged breathing against my skin.