Dominic’s POV "My son." I had imagined hearing that voice a thousand times after his death. In dreams, he had stood in the old library, correcting my decisions. In nightmares, he had accused me of failing the family. Sometimes, I remembered him laughing, his large hand resting on my shoulder as he told me that one day the entire territory would belong to me. But I had never imagined hearing him again. Not like this. Not through the security speakers of my own home. "Come home." The words echoed through the dark lodge. For a moment, I couldn't breathe. My wolf stirred violently beneath my skin, pacing inside my chest as though it had recognized something my mind refused to accept. That is him. I stared at the speaker above the doorway. Sixteen years. Sixteen years since I had stood beside a closed coffin and watched the earth swallow the only father I had ever known. Sixteen years since I had taken responsibility for the Blackwood territory, buried my grief
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