DPOV

"Where are you going?" Katherine asked as I walked into the living room.

"Out." I said, sitting down to tie my boots.

"Out where?"

"Why do you care?" I countered. Hadn't she told me earlier that she didn't care what happened to me? That only Stefan mattered?

"I don't." She snapped "...So, when will you be back?"

"I don't know!" I said, getting tired of her. "I might go to Andie's." She frowned and sat down next to me. I got up and walked to the door grabing my jacket along the way.

"Should you really be going out? With everything that's going on I mean?"

I stopped and turned around to look at her. She looked almost sincire, but I knew her.

"Don't pretend to care." I walked out and closed the door before she could say anything else.

It was a nice night out and I hadn't been able to take a walk in a long time. All the wolves were long gone so there was no threat.

"Where are we going?" I started when I heard Katherine's voice behind me.

"We aren't going anywhere. I'm taking a walk." I said as she strolled up beside me.

"Are we?" I rolled my eyes. There was no getting rid of her is there?

"You are aware that Stefan is home all alone, right?" I asked, walking faster.

"Yes, I'm aware."

"Then go away."

"Nope." She said, intertwining her arm with mine. Why was she all over me all of a sudden?

There was a howl in the woods near us and she froze, giving me the chance to free arm.

"What was that?"

"A wolf. Duh." I said, and kept walking. She grabbed my arm and stopped me.

"Do you have a death wish?"

"Do you care?" She dropped my arm.

"Damon, don't-" I was walking away again.

"Wait up!" She called after me, but I didn't. There were a few hman couples out but non e of them noticed me. My boots didn't make a sound as I walked, and the darkness hugged me close.

I heard the wolf in the trees next to me, and I knew that he had heard me. Hunters have instincts like that. As long as there were no sudden movements, I'd be perfectly fi-

"DAMON!" Katherine yelled, scaring the animal, causing it to lunge at me.

I caught the snarling beast and we both fought fang to fang. It had bitten my side before I snapped its neck.

"Maybe St. Stefan will find you." I said, throwing it on the ground, thanking God that it was a normal wolf. Otherwise, I'd be dead like- My heart clenched. I didn't want to think about her. Not now, not ever.

"Why didn't you- What happened?"

"You scared the wolf with your big mouth." I snapped.

"You're bleeding."

"I know. The damn thing bit me!" I said, looking down at my side. It ruined my favorite shirt and my jeans.

"Are you okay?" Oh God.

"I'm fine. But now I have to change." I said, turning and walking back towards the house. I texted Andie, telling her I's have to see her tomorrow. She was disappointed, but who wouldn't be.

"Aw...no girlfriend time?" Katherine asked, reading over my shoulder(a difficult feat considering how much taller I was than her.)

"Not tonight." I said. When we got to the house I went up to my room to shower, locking the door behind me. My side had healed and didn't hurt anymore. I got got dressed and when I came back into my bedroom, Katherine was lounging on my bed.

"I locked the door."

"I picked the lock."

"Why?" I asked, throwing my clothes away. She got up and sauntered over to me.

"You're so hot." She said. "I want you. And we both know that I always get what I want."

"Not tonight."

"Really?" She asked, leaning towards me.

"Go seduce St. Stefan." i said, moving away. "You want him, anyway."

"Damon," She said, cornering me. "My sweet innocent Damon."

"Not so innocent anymore." I murmured as she pressed against me.

"Mmm, even better." she said, kissing my neck. I knew I was doomed. This woman knew my weak spots. She knew how to love me, and how to hurt me. And now she was offering to me what I spent 150 years waiting for.

I had to refuse her. Giving in was weakness.

"Don't fight it." She whispered in my ear, then bit it lightly.

I grabbed her shoulders and pushed her back. Her eyes were cloudy with lust, as I'm sure mine were. Our eyes locked for only a moment before our lips crashed together. It was different than the last time.

It was just as wild, maybe wilder, but different all the same. This time it wasn't filled with fake passion or fake love. This was raw need.

I had her back slammed against the wall in an instant. She wrapped her legs around my waist and a sharp pain hit me.

"Ow..." I panted, pulling away.

"Did I hurt you?" She giggled.

"No. I think your heel just got me." I said nodding at her stilettos, before kissing her again. But the pain didn't subside. Something was wrong.

"Wait...wait." I said. She groaned but relented. I let her go, supporting her with one arm, and pulled up the hem of my shirt. The place where the wolf had bitten me was bloody and gross.

"No." I whispered, letting her drop. "It can't be."

"What?"

"Nothing." I said, coldly. "I just came to my senses. Get out." She looked hurt but nodded.

"Okay, later then." She walked off and I pulled my shirt off. It was really there.

I don't know how, all the wolves were gone are dead.

Except one. I thought. I knew what was coming now, and I couldn't go through that.

"Damon..." Katherine said from my doorway. "That is not nothing."