(Theia’s POV)I stood at the head of the steps, not sure what to do. The last thing I wanted to do was sit down and talk with Jonas Bowers. Despite being Dominic’s father, he had made it painfully clear exactly how much he didn’t like me. I knew it had to do with me being human, but I didn’t know what exactly he had against humans.“Now would be a good time,” he said with an almost mocking tone in his voice. He could probably tell that I was scared of him. He wasn’t a small man by any means, but like Dominic, he wasn’t overly large either. Still, his presence was very much making up for it. An air of authority followed him around, which wasn’t surprising for a man who had been Alpha of a pack for over thirty years. I sighed and forced a smile on my face before turning and taking the seat next to him.  He didn’t even look at me at first. Just c

(Dominic’s POV)I looked down at the letter in my hand and shook my head.“No,” I said, “No, she hasn’t left me. Why would she leave me?” I crumpled the piece of paper up and threw it to the floor. I watched as it slowly uncrumpled, unlike the feeling in my heart that felt like my whole world was falling apart.“No,” I said again. I looked at Liam, who was watching me carefully. “What happened the last time you saw her?” I asked, and he shrugged.“I dunno, man,” he said. “She seemed fine. A little distracted, maybe, but otherwise fine.”“But you said that you went for a walk, right?” I asked again. I needed to make sense of why she would just leave like this, knowing her life was in danger. Liam nodded in response.“Yeah, I saw her on the porch and she said she had just had a conversation wit

(Dominic’s POV)The drive home was silent and full of tension. I kept replaying the video in my head over and over, and each time I got angrier. By the time we pulled through the main gates at the pack, I was furious. Leah drove up the main drive of the darkened pack. It was around 4am and I expected that most of the pack were still asleep. I had my seatbelt off and the door open before Leah had even fully driven up to the pack house. I rushed up the steps into the house and headed straight for the second floor where Liam’s bedroom was.“Dominic!” I heard Leah shouting me as she rushed up after me. “Don’t stop me Leah,” I called back. “You do not want to get in the way.”“Oh, I’m not stopping you, brother,” she called with a laugh. “I just want to make sure I see when you kick his ass.” I couldn’t help the smirk on my face at my sister’s comment. And she certainly deserved it too. With Liam leading her on and then rejecting her would have been reason enough for an ass kicking. But wh

(Dominic’s POV)I took one last look at Liam before rushing out of the room. If Leah had someone who knew something, then I had to know right away. My dad followed as I jumped into the driver’s side of the car and started the engine. I didn’t even give him time to get his seatbelt on before I started driving back up towards the house.When we got there, I headed to the study to see Leah sitting at my dad’s desk talking to someone on the laptop screen. She looked exhausted, but determined. I knew that this must have been almost as bad for her as it was for me. As my Gamma, her job was to protect my Luna. Add in the blood bond and I suspected she would be feeling the unease I feel around Theia. She looked up and smiled weakly and then looked back at the screen.“Hold on Jake,” she said. “My brother is here now.” Jake? As in Blackthorn? That shocked me. It was rare that the Alchemists ever got involved in the affairs of the lowly supernaturals. Well, unless it impacts them, or the situa

(Theia’s POV)I couldn’t help but look around the room as the man spoke. I didn’t know if my hopes were to see disgust in peoples faces or even a chance that someone was going to help me get away. Either way, I was disappointed on both counts. Some of the people, mostly men, were leering at me, with what looked like raw hunger in their eyes. Some of them were sitting watching the smarmy man as he performed, sprouting some speech about how he always delivers the best quality product and his name as The Salesman was the assurance in itself. I had suspected that the person behind my kidnapping was The Salesman, but now I had confirmation. It was still bugging me that I felt like I had seen this man before, but there was no place in my life that I could imagine myself coming in contact with a man that sold thi9ngs on a supernatural black market.“Now, some of you have requested a closer look at the product,” the smarmy man, or I guess the Salesman said, “Those who have paid for that servic