Semua Bab The Alpha's Fated Desire: Bab 141 - Bab 150

{Dominic}Ryker left with the others not long after the meeting. The plan was finally in motion, The plan was in motion, and we had snakes to bait. But first, I needed a particular favor from a certain someone who owed me.I rolled my sleeves up and made my way toward the private garage, already thinking out my next move in my head, only to stop dead in my tracks at the sight of the empty space where my custom midnight-blue Jaguar F-Type was usually parked.“Hey!” I called out, snapping my fingers toward the valet, who startled like I’d just barked into his soul. “Where’s the Jag?”He bowed halfway into the floor. “Forgive me, Alpha. The Luna requested to take it out earlier today.”My brows lifted. “She took my car?”“She said you were in a meeting, and she didn’t want to disturb you. I…I didn’t think—”“It’s fine,” I cut him off, waving my hand. No need to terrify the poor guy.She’d probably peeked into the study and seen just how busy I was. Still, a muscle ticked in my jaw as I t

{Lyra}My heart was beating so fast I was sure it could be heard from at least a mile away.I was desperate to delude myself into thinking that it wasn't Varen who had just opened the passageway and was on his way down, but I wasn't that stupid. There was nowhere to hide or run to. Once Varen found me down here, it would be game over, and I would never see Isaac, Odessa, or Dominic ever again.My brain was working overtime, desperate to come up with a solution on how to get out of there. But when his shadow spilled into the entrance of the lab, I panicked and ran to hide behind one of the tubes.The second he stepped into the lab, I could practically feel his presence. His eyes flickered across the room, then his nostrils flared and his eyes narrowed. He knew something was amiss.I crouched lower behind the glass tube, pressing my body into the cold metallic support beam.A couple of seconds passed, and then I heard Varen yell. “…Where the hell is it?” His voice dropped to a menacing

{Dominic}Back in the day, Dahlia was what we called a huntress. The kind of she-wolf who didn’t wait for orders and would happily track a threat, tear it apart, and return with a smirk on her face.She and Ava may have been twins, but they couldn’t have been more different if they tried. Ava was a calm soul, and also one of the best healers the pack ever had. She was soft-spoken, patient, always humming some old tunes under her breath. But Dahlia on the other hand… Dahlia was a wildfire with claws and teeth. Back then, she was rising through the ranks faster than anyone else, clawing her way up with nothing but instinct and sheer force of will. One of the youngest wolves to make it into the inner ring of warriors before she'd even turned twenty.Then Ava and I fell in love, and when she died, Dahlia went on a rampage, killing over a dozen of Varen’s men. And somewhere between all the ashes and grief, Dahlia traded her leather armor and blades for tailored pantsuits and business text

{Dominic}I had to get out of there.But the cruel reality was no matter how far I walked, I could still smell her. Her sunshine and storm and sugar. My damn wolf kept reaching for it, kept howling inside me like I hadn’t just been stabbed right through the chest.“Lyra.” I mused. “Lyra Graves.”She had gone from being Evangeline; the woman I had married, to being a slave girl I had bought years ago, and I thought was long dead. I hated how it dawned on me that she was the same girl I pulled from that auction house in Ravenshire. The same girl who acted all timid and shy, trembling from when her stepfather shoved her into the backseat of my car.I didn’t know who the hell she was anymore. And the worst part was that no matter how much I tried to deny it, I still loved her.I let out a low, feral groan as I stormed down the hallway, the sound bouncing off the polished walls. One of the guards turned toward me, about to say something, but the look on my face must’ve shut him up. I sla

{Lyra}As soon as Dominic had left. My face fell into my palms, and I sobbed quietly into them.I had just lost the most beautiful thing I'd ever had in my life, but I didn't have a choice. At this point, all I could do was hope that I was at least able to help him in this war.When I was done crying my eyes out, I heard a car drive out of the garage. I walked back out to the balcony and watched as Dominic drove away.The second his car was out of the gate, I knew I couldn't stand staying in the same house as him when he wanted me gone by tomorrow. My aching heart would never be able to take such torment, even if it was just for a day.My only option at that time was to leave. But I knew I had to do it quietly, and that meant I couldn't tell Isaac either. I rushed back to my bedroom to start packing.I close the door behind me with a quiet click, sealing myself into a room that doesn’t feel like mine anymore.The bed is still unmade from this morning. The window is cracked, letting i