Se connecterDorian POVI returned to my chambers feeling even worse than I had when I first left that morning. At least back then, I could put a name to what I was feeling. Anger. Rage. The desperate urge to kill.Now, I was returning completely overwhelmed by a storm of emotions so intense that I had gone numb.I dragged myself into my room like a walking corpse, the heavy silence pressing down on my shoulders with every step. Moving on pure autopilot, I crouched in front of the cupboard I had kept securely locked for years, desperate to find anything that could make me feel human again.My hands searched through the dark shelves until my fingers brushed against the woven bracelet Rhea had made for me on my birthday.A shaky breath escaped my lips.I stared at it for a long moment, my thumb slowly tracing the uneven threads she had carefully woven together before I gently placed it back where it belonged.As I withdrew my hand, my fingers grazed the edge of a small glossy photograph.My chest ti
Dorian POVMy hands shook violently as memories I had spent a lifetime trying to bury came rushing back all at once, burning through my chest like acid.“You respected her so much that on the very night we buried her, while her body was still fresh beneath the dirt,” my voice cracked with fury, “you were in your chambers fucking your mistress?”“That is different…”“I learned a lot from you that day,” I cut him off, blood finally trickling down the side of my forehead from the cut the silver tip had left behind.I took a slow step toward him, completely unfazed by the difference in our size, and looked him straight in the eyes.“You taught me so well how a husband should behave.”I took another step forward, my voice eerily calm.“So why are you angry with me? Why are you so furious that I chose to become exactly like you?” I asked, staring directly into his cold gray eyes as a humorless smile slowly spread across my face.“You should be proud of me. Proud that I became exactly like y
Dorian POVRagnar strode into the solarium, his heavy staff striking the marble floor with slow, rhythmic clicks before he finally came to a stop.His cold gray eyes swept across the entire room.The shattered glass scattered across the floor.The overturned table and spilled fruit.Then they settled on me, his beloved son, with one hand wrapped tightly around the throat of my pregnant wife as I pinned her against the wall.Within seconds, his expression darkened into something lethal.“Have you lost your mind?” he roared, his powerful Alpha voice filling every corner of the solarium. “Let her go.”The force behind his command struck me like a physical blow.Inside, I was fighting my own demons. Every instinct screamed at me to tighten my grip just a little more and end her life once and for all.But Ragnar’s voice carried decades of authority. The instinct to obey the Alpha who had ruled this pack my entire life wrapped itself around my muscles like chains.Reluctantly, my fingers lo
Dorian POVThe second those words left his mouth, something inside me went deathly still.Then my expression darkened into something almost inhuman.Of course.How had I not seen it sooner?Who else could be so petty, so vindictive, and so cruel that they would orchestrate something like this simply to hurt what belonged to me?“She made me do it,” the healer blurted out frantically, the words tumbling from his lips in a desperate rush as I slowly stepped back, straightening to my full height. “I told her it was against my duty as a healer! I told her the medicine was too volatile! But she threatened me. She threatened my family, Alpha! She also told me… she told me it was what you wanted. She said you wanted that woman gone. Alpha, I swear on my life, I would never willingly go against you!”I stood perfectly still, silently processing every word that had just left his mouth.Then I gave a slow, thoughtful nod.The moment I took another step back, the healer released a long, shaky si
Dorian POVLoud, agonizing groans filled the damp, stagnant air of the hidden cell.“Please! Mercy! Mercy!” the healer shrieked, his voice cracking into a ragged wail. He thrashed against the heavy iron chains anchoring him to the stone pillar, the black cloth blindfold covering his face already soaked through with sweat and grime. Blood dripped steadily from his shredded flesh, pooling around his bare feet. “How much do you want?! What do you want from me?! Why are you doing this?!”I didn’t answer. I simply tightened my grip around the handle of the silver whip.“Do you have any idea who I am?!” he screamed, his pride flaring through the terror in one last desperate attempt to intimidate me. “I am the pack healer! A crime against me is a crime against this entire pack! The Alpha will have your head for this! You hear me?! He will…”I brought the silver whip down again.The braided metal tore across his bare back with a sickening crack, cutting off his threat with a choked, breathles
Rhea POVAh.So that was it. He had never really liked me.He had simply been grieving a ghost, searching for fragments of a girl he’d lost in the shade of my eyes.And despite that… I had still shattered him.I had ripped into him with cruel words, tearing apart the one fragile piece of comfort he had been desperately clinging to.But did knowing the truth change anything?No.It didn’t heal my mother. It didn’t erase everything I had endured. And it certainly didn’t stop me from drowning.“I’m glad you told him that,” Sarah continued, gently pulling me from my thoughts. “He needed to hear it. He needed to learn how to let her go.”Hearing that, something inside my chest loosened ever so slightly, and before I could stop myself, my vision blurred as hot tears welled in my eyes. They spilled over silently, sliding down my cheeks one after another.Seeing this, Sarah’s eyes widened.“Rhea…” she whispered, her face filling with concern. “Are you okay?”The worry in her voice was unmista
Rhea POVI didn’t know where the sudden bravery came from. I only knew I didn’t feel ashamed.Because I didn’t feel ashamed, my hand moved on its own, reaching for the waistband of his pants. He was still on his knees by the tub, which made it easier, even with us nearly eye to eye.He didn’t stop
Dorian POV Splash! I emptied a bucket of ice-cold water over the bastard’s head. He had the actual fucking audacity to fall unconscious and I hadn’t even started shit with him yet. As soon as the water soaked down his back, straight into the open wound where the blood was still fresh and stick
Rhea POVThere was a body in the Alpha’s trunk.After Pedro had interrupted our moment by still being alive, I snapped back into reality and pulled away altogether, scrambling to dress myself.The haze of lust cleared just enough for shame and fear to come crashing down on me at the same time.My h
Rhea POV“You weren’t joking?” I asked nervously as we parked in front of a secluded, high-end boutique that looked far too expensive for someone like me to even walk past.The sign above the door was elegant and understated, the kind of place that stayed open after hours only for the most powerful







