Hero?

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Damon waits impatiently for Katia to join him. He has a lot of questions he wants to ask her. 

"Damon?" Katia says as Calum opens the study door and pulls her inside. She pulls herself together and stands up straight.

"Katia," Damon smiles at her. It's hard after all he's read, but he's become really good at faking smiles since Ana left.

Damon nods to Calum for him to go. Calum doesn't like it but nods and leaves. He never liked Katia and figured that she likely played Damon for a fool. She had played with the Phoenix and got burned. Calum hopes that she doesn't sink her claws into Damon once more. He knows that Ana has already seen through Katia.

Ana won't put up with Damon choosing another bint over her again. Calum shudders at the thought of Ana leaving again and hopes that Damon has found some way to convince Ana to stay. Life will be hell if Damon makes it so Ana won't even talk to him again. Katia could very well be the  proverbial last straw with Ana.

"Katia, come and sit down." Damon knows that she has been in this room before. His father brought her here the night she 'died'. He's changed the decor, once Ana killed Hawk he had no choice.

"I like what you've done to the place." Katia says to start the conversation off.

Damon raises an eyebrow, "Oh?"

"Yeah, your father had a darker motif going." Now Damon is puzzled. His father hadn't changed a thing in the study from when he took over. Damon has only changed the rug and desk. Neither of which were darker than what it is currently sporting.

"The walls are brighter, not as dark." A light bulb goes off, she's talking about Hawk's old study. Hawk's brother was about his age when he was dating Katia. So that's who she cheated on him with. His best friend after Calum. Perhaps it's a good thing Peter was killed in a fight three years ago. A fight that happened just before Hawk came after Ana.

"No, there is enough dark atmosphere in this house, I don't need the decorations to reflect it."

There is an awkward silence for a bit. "Tell me about the last six years Katia." Damon orders but in a soft voice. Katia, she knows that Damon that will kill after talking to you in that voice and doesn't hesitate to tell him her version of her life.

As she talks Damon listens. To all appearances he's listening avidly taking in and sympathizing with everything she's telling him. Internally though Damon is finding it hard to keep a straight face and not strike out and hit her. The only thing saving her at this time is the knowledge that she is Ana's property and he hasn't been given permission to harm her, just listen to her.

She finally finishes her pack of lies and her stomach growls. She looks down and blushes in embarrassment. That used to be cute to Damon, now he knows it for the lie it is. Nothing she had told him had been the truth.

She told him that she had miscarried their child. Spider had had it tested after it was still born and it wasn't his. She then told him how she had been sterilized so that she wouldn't have any more children. She had three, all sold to peds for whatever sick reasons. Only after the last pregnancy almost killed her did Spider have her sterilized. He didn't want his favorite slave to die from childbirth.

"Come, let's return to the tents. Ana will need to talk to you before you can go free. While you wait if you need to you can eat." Damon just wants to get the lying bint away from himself before he kills her.

Katia unknowing of what he's thinking takes his hand and stands up. Damon hides his feelings well and takes her to the tent without hurry or pressure. He leaves her with the food and goes over to Ana.