All Chapters of The Alpha's Fated Desire: Chapter 201 - Chapter 203

{Dominic}Varen flexed his newly grown fingers, admiring them like they were jewels and not the result of a severed limb seconds ago. A little roll of his shoulder, a dramatic sigh, and then—"That all you got?" he asked. "You really thought a little dismemberment would do the trick?"He chuckled, low and slow, and strolled a few steps toward me, his feet crunching over ruined stone with ease."Come on, Dominic. Hit me again." He slapped his chest with both palms. "Right here. I won’t even move. Promise.”His grin widened. “Hell, I’ll even spot you a few.”I knew he was lying.Didn’t matter, but I paused, even if only for a second, and stared at him. Not at the blood still drying on his lips, or the golden gleam of power behind his smug eyes. I stared through all of that.“I never wanted this,” I said.Varen tilted his head, mockingly curious.“I wanted peace. A future for my sister. My pack, my friends… even that traitor, Ryker. But you. You made sure I’d never have that.”He offered

{Lyra}Everything was glowing.The light around me pulsed like a heartbeat, filled with warmth… but it couldn’t hide the stillness pressing into my skin. My body didn’t ache anymore. The curse was gone.But still… I was shaking.My knees dipped, hands scrabbling weakly against the earth until they found what I didn’t want to find. My fingers tangled in long hair, then cool skin, fabric soaked in what could be sweat.My breath caught in my chest, and I refused to say why.The world didn’t feel real yet.Not the silence. Not the stillness. I moved as if I was in a dream, aware of every beat of my heart but none of it fully my own.There was life in me again… but there was dread too. An echo, like something had been taken and my soul felt the absence.I opened my eyes slowly.And looked down at her.My mother.Eliza.She lay cradled in the still-burning center of the dome, her face turned slightly to the side, lips parted as if she were whispering some final incantation I had been too l