056 | Duty comes first, prick

Amelia’s POV

The blood left my face in a rush.

That bastard.

Not only had he kept on fooling around with the Omega, the absolute idiot had done it carelessly enough that he’d been caught red-handed. Or red-dicked might be the more accurate description…

He was a cheat. He was a liar. And, worse still than all of that, Caleb had jeopardised everything we’d worked for – everything Kieran and I had sacrificed our love for – all for a shag.

My whole body burned with rage. My blood was boiling; I couldn’t see past the haze of red clouding my vision.

‘Breathe,’ Maeve said. ‘You can’t lose it in front of this Omega. You know how fast word spreads in a pack, Amelia. You also know how much is riding on this. I know it hurts; I know you want to kill him right now. I do, too. But you’re angry that he’s risked the peace for this. Don’t let him win. Don’t let everything fall apart, not after everything you – everything we – have given up to get to this point.’

‘You’re right.’ I picked up my own cu