a's
in his tone left no room for misunderstanding. "Kiera, if
verything I was feeling. I swallowed hard and ref
no place in
the memory of Dominic had been t
my body, when they made me kneel in freezing snow and scrub spilled wine until I could
e as though he had spent every day longing for my return, and whisper that he loved
e I possessed, only to discover th
in his eyes, then I would no
later, his signature was sprawled across the agreement. "Fine. I'
move. Yet somehow, every line he wrote also
d it tightly. "I won't change my
say anything else and l
the room behind. "Dominic... Kiera is cl
Dominic's reply. "No. She's acting out.
ut
after leaving Crescent Pack? There's no way she'd go
inced. "She won't really b
e corner, every word
llowed. He genuinely believed
touched my lips. Then
le of wine and drank until there was noth
alia resting against him. Dominic feeding her slices of apple. His
ages erased. I wa
awoke to warmth pre
my waist. A broad palm rested against my lower
was asleep behind me, his breathing slow and even,
memories of our pas
escent Pack. He had arrived covered in blood, hunted by
choice with her life. As she lay dying, she took my hand
he clasped my fingers and looked into my eyes. "
ther. I had imagined a life filled with the affection and loyalty I had al
illuminated with a new email from an unfamili
to after photo appear
obstetrics department, his arm around her waist a
park. Thalia's arm was intertwined with h
ion. Dominic was positioned behind her, both hands stead
aphs followed her pregnancy from its earli
d been gone, Dominic had re
hest. Tears blurred the screen befo
ight and struck hi
gh the bedroom. Dom
instincts kicking in as tho
g down my face, the tension left h
u have a nightmare? Come back
as strangely steady. "We're going to the altar now.
mediately darke
. The photographs remained o
screen, and his expression
to remain composed. "Answer me. Tell
om my hand and placed it aside. "Stop wit
inside me
he still treated my pain a
"Dominic, I'm asking you for the
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