He had promised her that the day the Drunken Butcher died, she would be there.
And when a woman cried in front of you, the most natural thing to do, at least in Damian's mind, was to try and comfort her. So, he did what felt instinctive.
He hugged her.
But as he did, he realized the warmth of Anastasia. Her body seemed to be giving off invisible heat as he did not know if it was from the serum that she had just taken or something else. But the heat was most definitely prominent.
And something inside him stirred.
'What the fuck?'
His heart beat faster.
Shame and guilt followed almost instantly.
This was… the sister of his deceased wife.
And here she was, in a moment of vulnerability, crying, and his body was reacting in such a way?
Did becoming a Beast Master not make him a little less stupid in that department?
