ログインAuthor's POVIt had been two days since Sage's return. Dominic physically felt the air in the palace brighten up. He could note that the servants didn't cower back in fear at his mere presence. All throughout her disappearance he had experienced an explosive temper. He had also visited the garden a little more as well as the training room. His soldiers were happy with his presence. Despite all the time he spent making everything good again - like it had been before Sage's return, he hadn't spent as much time as he would like with her. It was always one person or the other spending it instead of him. His mother had begun to spend more time with her, an action that surprised both the maids and he. Whenever he went to her room, she was either sleeping and resting or her mother or his were with her. They both warned him not to stress her too much. Today he decided differently. As a mate, he had fulfilled one goal - getting her back. It didn't matter that they had brought her back thems
Author's POV The present Dominic's heart raced when he saw who it was. Her eyes slowly opened and he caught them with his. It was her. He stared in both shock and disbelief. He didn't move at first, he was unable to. It looked like a dream. Except it wasn't. Sage sat right in front of him, eyes on him. She had been tied to the chair with ropes. Her eyes moved from him to the men behind him and then back to him. Dominic was both frozen and speechless. He couldn't believe what was happening. “You" he whispered before he realized that it wasn't a dream. It was all real and she was there. He didn't say anything else. Instead he rushed to untie her, heart racing in his chest. As his hands brushed her skin he inhaled deeply. He couldn't believe it was real, that she was real. His body buzzed with both excitement and something he couldn't explain. He had so much he wanted to say but there were no words. Instead he went to untying her legs immediately he was done with her hands. He cou
Author's POV A month AgoThe light was the first thing she noticed as soon as she stepped out of the room. It blinded her, so much so that she had to cover them. It was too much at the same time. Her eyes were still so sensitive. They had been in darkness for so long, they had to get used to the light again. Sage took a deep breath. Her lungs expanded to inhale fresh air. It was as if she had been starved of it after so long. The air outside suddenly felt so new and different. It was like she had been upgraded and already she had begun to forget the stuffiness inside. She shook her hands and marveled at its freeness. She had been tied to a chair for so long. This was indeed freedom for her. Her back ached due to the pain of staying in one place for so long. She didn't know how long anymore. She remained like that for a minute, taking the newness of all of it. Around her, she could feel their stares. They hadn't exactly welcomed her with cheers. In fact they had kidnapped her, a p
Author's POV Time skip - 1 month Later Dominic didn't even recognize himself anymore as he stared in the mirror. His bushy beard and eyebrows made him look years older. His eyes had turned darker. He didn't know if it was due to the lack of sleep or the rage that he had been holding in. Nothing had changed. He had searched for weeks, those weeks had turned into a month. Yet, he remained with one fact - Sage had been taken and he hadn't found her. He had no progress anywhere else, not even with what he had found out. He looked at his messages like he expected one but of course there was none. Elias had kept men watching the mountains. The warehouse had been monitored. No new messages had come from those that had her. Dominic couldn't stand himself anymore. He stepped back and left his bathroom back to his room. He closed his eyes and let the darkness take him away. He didn't know where it would go, as long as it was far away. That was all he needed. He woke up sweating a moment l
Author's POV Cyrus waited patiently in front of his phone. His hands ached to receive the news. The channel had been switched to the news one. When the news hit he wanted to be the first to receive it. It had been a few hours and nothing yet. He didn't panic, not yet. It took a lot of time wherever they were to reach Dominic. It felt like he could use it to his advantage. Maybe he would find her before Dominic did. Once he did, she would never leave his sight again. Several hours passed by but nothing happened. The news stayed on the repetitive boring news they had been on for days. It confused him and when he looked at Theon, it confused him as well. Finally he asked, “What do you think? Did he keep it away from the media?” He wasn't sure. It didn't seem possible, they were all day. Theon shrugged, he looked just as confused. "I'm not sure. Unless-” Cyrus didn't wait for him to finish. He picked his phone up and dialed the number he was used to. It took a couple rings but final
Author's POV As Dominic walked back to his office, his mind went back to all that he had learned. He was feeling both confusion and disbelief. He didn't believe that he could do what they said he had done. How could he have been so unnecessarily cruel?Still, he tried to remember those days. He remembered the rage and anger he had felt. He knew how much he had despised losing his father. He could feel that rage on some days. It made him wonder if in that rage he had signed that decree. He had principles, Dominic knew that. He didn't pride himself as a righteous or great king. Still, he knew that he hadn't put his father's rule to shame. He hadn't done anything that made anyone look down on his rule. But this, if he had done this - it would stain his legacy forever. He had no idea how he had been unaware of this for so long. How could he have been living peacefully with the knowledge that he had wiped a whole pack out? Except it didn't like he had wiped all of them. There was someo
Sage's POV The day felt sort of different, I wasn't sure why. Everything was the same. I prepared for training like I usually did, and ate a light breakfast. Aiden had encouraged me to start eating something before practice since it had gotten heavier. Somehow, my skills had gotten better and so
Dominic's POV I could feel the nervousness emanating from her. It was so much that I knew the others could feel it as well. Beside me, her pulse raced inside her. It would have been amusing but it wasn't - not with these men watching her like she was prey. I hated the way their eyes felt like the
Dominic's POV Time passed by considerably fast as soon as it was time to meet the council. Keisha waited for me with a few documents in his hands. After all Sage wasn't the only problem on the list. There was also the discussion of what had really happened. “What are we going to tell them?" Keish
Dominic's POV It had been quiet for a while. The meeting ended almost twenty minutes ago and it was expected - the quiet. Yet, something felt strange, not in place. Like it was more than the lack of presence in my office. And then I felt it, the rush of something through the bond. I didn't know e







