Derinem's POV 1/3 who are you +25 BONUS As I followed Lina to Maria's room , her face flashed before me . Beautiful eyes and bluish patched skin , mute but taking note and trembling with Damon around . And the way Damon spoke to her and held her against him , it was apparent that it was against her will . Damon . Damon , Even his name made me angry , pompous , and short - tempered . Except for Maria , every other person was just a piece of trash . Those that crossed him were dead meat . We stopped at a door . " Madame Maria in there . " " You can go now . " I knocked on Maria's room before going in . Her mouth dropped when she saw me . I expected the surprise , but I didn't expect happiness . " Derinem ! " She ran and hugged me , tightening her hands around my neck . I hugged her so that her feet didn't touch the ground anymore . " I missed you . " " You couldn't wait to get away from me in Calabria , so what changed ? " I drop her sitting on the bed . With the mild alcohol stench on her breath , I knew she had been drinking , which was against our rules . I didn't want to ruin her happiness , so I let it go . " Well , everything changed , especially Damon " She curled her hair around her fingers , looking sad . " What happened ? " I prodded her . She didn't need any persuasion to talk ; she was fed up , and with Damon being her favorite , whatever he did hurt her deeply . " Since he brought this girl , he said she's his housekeeper ; I rarely see him , and neither see her . Don't you find it strange ? " I didn't need to be told that she was talking about the girl that fainted in my arms . " Yes , very strange , " I urged her on . " He says she's just a servant , but she's always in his room . He doesn't let me talk to or even see her , " she pouted . " What is her name ? " " Maya , Brown hair , green eyes . She is lovely too . Damon tells me not to talk to her even though she is a servant . " " He told me she is his w ... " I stopped using the word I was about to use in front of Maria . Damon wasn't straight with me . First , in the heat of the president's son's case reopening because someone promised strong evidence , some journalist , rumors said , but that was the last I heard about anything . " What did Damon say about the case ? " "Nothing except that he took care of the journalist , but he says he didn't kill her , then he changed the topic , " I knew what was going on now It now made total sense , and it made me angry . Damon was power intoxicated , and he , too , didn't know it . But what could I do ? She brought it on herself I walked to Maria's window and saw a servant taking a first aid toolbox up the stairs . Nobody needed to tell me who that was for I grimaced and remembered how hard her body jerked when Damon was close . I knew I had to do something . It might not work , but it was worth the risk I turned to Maria , " How would you like to go back to Calabria ? " " Yessss ' I can't wait I'll pack today , and tomorrow I'll be leaving I miss Calabria . It's just a bunch of boredom here . " I walked out of her room into the guest room My bag was already there it seemed I was going to stay here much longer than who are you? I thought . I picked up my phone and dialed a number . " It's Derinem . I have a task for you . "