I let her go, standing there, but then I heard her footsteps stop and her voice behind me. “Michael and Kai are smarter than you, you know?” she said. I listened. “Because if there’s one thing they know about revenge, Damon, it’s that it won’t feel nearly as good as her love will.” I clenched my teeth together against the ache in my gut, but I felt it anyway. Fuck you, Rika. “But I think you already know that, don’t you?” she continued. Fuck you so much. “She’ll make you stronger,” she said. “And we need you strong.”
