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In shock, the papers slipped from her hands and Dominic picked them up. His face shifted through multiple shades before turning ashen as he examined
the Elde
In the middle of the mating ceremony, the Elder Healer was summoned. His testimony might have been questioned if not for the video evidence I’d included in the envelope. The truth was brutal–not only was Victoria never pregnant, but she was also barren from her previous affairs and terminated
Dominic’s eyes blazed Alpha red as he ripped open her ceremonial dress, exposing the padding she’d stuffed beneath to take a pregnancy bump His Alpha rage unleashed as he struck Victoria so hard she crashed to the ground. The assembled pack members watched their Alpha’s humiliation in stumped
Victoria scrambled to cover herself, tears streaming down her face
“Doin! Dern please listom, baby! I did it because I really love you! I was terrified of losing you! You promised to make me your Lona and love me forever! Please, Dom, just forgive me this once!”
She clutched at his ceremonial robes only for Dominic to shove her away, his wolf barely contained
“Reyna told me you tried to kill her and our peps! 5
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that you left that mutilated carcass at her house, but I kept defending
“And this is how you repay my trust, you rogue bitch?! You plotted to murder my mate and pups!! The Moon Goddess herself won’t save you today
Dominic lost control, partially shifting. His claws wrapped around Victoria’s throat with such force that her face turned blue from lack of oxygen. She wa barely conscious when he released her, only to kick her brutally. Blood pooled on the ceremonial ground.
The Lycan Council stepped in, and Dominic was stripped of his Alpha status for five years. His younger brother assumed leadership and cared well for my pups, ashamed of has brother’s actions. The Council’s judgment was clear: an Alpha who couldn’t protect his mate and pups, who fell for such deception, was unter to lead. Dominic was banished to the outer territories as punishment, while Victoria, il she survived, would face trial for attempting to murder a Back Tama and heirs.
The pack watched in solemn silence as their former Alpha was led away in chains of silver, his pride and power stripped away by his own foolishness
Five years passed, and it was ir sunk Fenris and Lyons’s first day of school when Dominic returned from the outer territories where he’d been banished. At his mating ceremony with Victoria, he’d nearly killed her in his rage. Even after five years in a healing den, she showed no signs of recovery. The healers could only shake their heads, saying that even if she woke, she would remain in a vegetative state.
Dominic showed no remorse for his actions. He was still an Alpha by blood, and no punishment could truly keep him from secretly entering his former territory. Throughout these years, I’d often sensed familiar eyes watching from the shadows. Anonymous notes would appear at my door asking after me and the pups. Though I could guess who left them, I never responded. What happened was a catastrophe, and I refused to dwell in the past.
When I went to pick up the twins from school, I was startled to see them playing with a familiar figme. But as soon as they spotted me, they rushed over with excited yaps, partial shifts showing in golden eyes and tiny fangs.
“Mama” Fenris muzzled my cheek while Lycus hugged me tight, their wolf pups as affectionate as their human sides.
“Dominic,” 1 acknowledged the man who stared at us with tears in his eyes.
“Mama, who’s that?” Lycus whispered, his enhanced senses picking up on the strange wolt’s familiar scent.
1 had never intended to hide the truth, about to introduce Dominic as their father.
“Hey little boys, I’m an old friend of your mother’s. You can call me Uncle Dom “1 started to object when he shook his head with a sad smile. He didn’t want the pups to remember him as the Alpha father who betrayed their mother and abandoned them. His voice was heavy with misery as he knelt before
“Uncle Dom’s had some rough times. Would you come and let me hug you?” While speaking, his eyes moved from me to the pups and back, remembering how we used to hug each other for comfort after difficult days.
The twin looked to me for permission. When I nodded, they hesitantly approached Domink, who gathered them in his arms, holding them close as tears fell freely. He lassed them numerous times before letting po
“Fenris, Lycus, I brought your favorite moon–berry ice cream. It’s in the car–goon!” The twins raced off, their laughter echoing like pop yips.
“Reyna, you’ve raised air props, so well.”
“If our firstbom kado’t died because of me, we’d have three pups, maybe more?” He laughed through tears.
“Host our pack. I lost you. In the end, I lost myself.”
“II the Moon Goddess grants is another life, I’d want to find you again, Reyna. Love you properly and never betray our bond.”
hot in this life, I lost everything
With that, he turned and walked away, his Alpha presence dimmed by shame and regret.
I stood there long after he’d gone, a single tear trailing down my cheek. Now my pups were my whole world, and that was enough.
