"Enough of Runion, let's talk about business now, guys." Dominic spoke up in a serious tone while sitting on his chair. How much he missed this chair! The chair missed him as well. He needed to get back to work and take control over everything once again.There were three of them present in the room at that moment. The alpha and his second and third in command. Athena and the girls left the room to give them the privacy to get back into work. Justin sat in front of him after closing the door behind him. "A lot of things happened in this one week." Nathan spoke up in a serious tone. The environment of the room suddenly turned cold as if the temperature dropped to zero. "I hope you managed to keep things away from Athena?" Dominic asked in a cold and mysterious tone which they both understood. "Don't worry. Even though she was handling the pack's office and paperwork, she handled only what he wanted her to handle. She is not aware of the other things." Nathan explained with a deep fr
"Dominic, are you sure it's the right thing to do now?" Nathan asked in a worried tone while standing in front of Dominic to stop him from moving. Dominic frowned at him for stopping him like this as he didn't like to be interrupted ever and as his beta, Dominic expected Nathan to know that. "You do realise that you offended me, don't you, Nathan?" Dominic asked in a cold tone which made Nathan step back immediately. Dominic didn't even use his alpha tone but he was already intimidated."I am sorry, alpha." Nathan apologised while looking at Justin for a second to signal him to take the matter in hand. Justin looked back at Nathan with widened eyes before gulping down a little. He let out a sigh and turned to look at Dominic after realising that he didn't have any options "We mean, you have just returned back, we don't think it's going to be a smart move. We think it might be a rushed step. Because even though we tried our best to keep the news away from everyone outside the pack, wo
"So, you finally woke up from the coma. Is it because of the letter my father sent which hints at the must war?" Stacey's taunting tone made Dominic smirk. It's going to be fun…He stood there while leaning on the door casually. His hands were inside his pocket as he smiled at Stacey with a soft smile. He was looking at her as if he met an old friend after a long time and was going to spend a nice quality time together. While Stacey sat on the clean ground with a similar look on Dominic's face. She was smirking back at him as if she was waiting for him to come and meet her. Her usual aura was completely gone where she acted to be kind and soft hearted around Dominic. Right now she was looking like a cunning and shrewd woman which she actually was.The environment was not tense at all like anyone from outside would have imagined; rather it was filled with casualness and 'friendly' vibe. "Well, hello, Stacey. How are you? Hope you didn't miss me much?" Dominic asked with his casual s
"Athena, what are you doing here?" Dominic asked in a confused tone, making Athena jump.Athena quickly turned around to look at Dominic. Her eyes were a little widely opened and the look of getting caught was present in her eyes. She looked a little scared. Dominic took a step toward Athena when he suddenly realized something and stopped midway. He looked at her with a deep frown, making her more worried."Wh…what are you doing here, Dominic?" Athena asked while sounding as nervous as she looked."Shouldn't I be the one to ask you the question?" He asked while looking at her with the same frown which had a little bit of coldness now. She knew what was the reason for his coldness. She looked down, feeling guilty. "And why did you lock your scent?" Dominic asked, his voice sounded dangerously cold, making her flinch a little. Dominic locked his scent as well which is why she didn't find out that he was there. But the reason for him locking his scent is valid. It could create unnecessa
Never in her life, Athena ever experienced how it feels when the ground underneath shakes. Not even when she found out that she wasn't Robert's real daughter. Not even when Dominic rejected her the next morning after they met for the first time. Not when she found out to be pregnant with Ace. Nothing shook her till now.Until that moment when Dominic called her the daughter of the betrayer. She felt her whole world shook and the moment he walked away from there silently, she felt her world breaking apart completely. She knew she wasn't the daughter of the betrayer but it still hurts. But she couldn't even get angry at him. Her heart broke when she saw the look of hurt, pain and many more in his eyes. He looked broken at that moment."Hi…his father was killed?...And Robert was behind it? How?" She asked herself while still standing at the same place, in front of the cells. "A…and what relation Robert shared with Dominic's father? What's going on?" She asked herself in confusion. Her
'You can't go out. Alpha's order.''You can't go out. Alpha's order.''You can't go out. Alpha's order.' Those words rang continuously in her ears, hammering her head hard. Not only her heart, she felt as if her heart was hammered hard and broke into small pieces. Her heart thudded inside her chest, knocking all the breath out of her lungs. She found it hard to breathe. She found it hard to stand on her feet and almost lost her balance but handled herself at the right moment, before she could fall down."No…no…no… it can't happen again. It can't happen. He can't misunderstand me. He can't do this to me after all these! He can't! He can't!" She mumbled to herself while shaking her head to make her believe her own words.She didn't know what to feel at that moment. She felt numb, unable to think of her next steps. Her wolf was whining in her head, unable to believe that their wolf got them locked in a dungeon. But slowly Athena felt anger growing inside her as she thought more and mor
"Don't you fucking know how to follow an order?! Try to do what you are told sometimes! What's your problem, Athena?" Dominic shouted at her while holding her face in her hands, looking for any visible wound. Even though he looked and sounded angry, she easily caught the worry in his tone. She was almost near to melting when she remembered why she was there and took a step back. She moved away from him as his hand stayed in the air which was touching her cheeks. A small growl erupted inside his chest in protest to her distance. "Why did you move away from me?! Come back here." He said in a demanding tone, trying to take the step toward her himself to close the distance she made. But she showed him her palm to stop him from getting any closer with a cold look on her face."I am not coming anywhere near you after what you did!" She snapped at him in anger as she glared at him hard, making him confused. He looked at her with a confused frown as if he couldn't understand what she was tal
"How could you even think that I am going to misunderstand you for that asshole?! There's no fault of yours in whatever he did! Why am I going to blame you?!" Dominic asked in shock while looking at her with a deep frown after pulling away from the kiss. He was still cupping her face tightly, not letting her move away from him again. She looked down after hearing him. She felt bad and really guilty. She was getting angry at him for not believing her, for not having trust in her. But at the end moment, it turned out that it was her who didn't have enough trust in him. She doubted him. But why did he lock her in there then? "Then why do you hate rogues? They are all not at fault for what some of them did." She said in a low tone, saving the question for later. Dominic's eyes softened hearing her question. He understood that her question was valid as he never gave an explanation on that. Heck, they didn't get any chance to sit down properly and talk yet. "I don't hate them all right