Chapter 111

"You need to calm down," Killian heard Finn say.

It was easier for him to say such words because he didn t understand what Killian was feeling at that moment. He felt livid. No, Killian was half certain that there was no word in the dictionary that could explain the rage that was building within him. He hated that he couldn t charge into Venus territory and throttle that bastard for putting Inez through something so sinister.

As confident as Inez, she had her own innocence. One that was untainted and so fucking pure that even the first snow of the season would become shy in front of it. She could never have understood what Dominic was trying to do.

This was not just a simple case of wanting to punish her, but a twisted and sick desire of a man who hated her, but because of the mating pull, he just couldn t let go of her. He wanted to break her break her in a manner that she would never be able to escape the palm of his hands and his twisted desires.

Dominic hated her enough to stay away from her. He knew that he could not make Inez the Luna of his pack, but the pull of the mating bond was too strong for him to break free. So he came up with this sadistic solution.

"Stockholm syndrome," Killian growled through his teeth. "That s what he was trying to do to her. He wanted to break her until she was nice and putty in his hands. So he could keep her like his little pet."

Finn stiffened under the alpha vibes that were pouring out of his pack brother. He tentatively agreed, "As far as the evidence shows, this is indeed the truth. I don t know whether Inez knew what Dominic was trying to do to her, or maybe it was an instinct of hers to run away when she sensed that something was going too far out of line."

Killian threw the file hard on the table, and Finn glanced at the anger that was radiating off the lycan as he got to his feet and started pacing around. He was calm despite seeing that Killian was losing control. He said to him, "Why are you upset if you don t even consider her as your mate?"

Upon hearing that question, Killian paused. He turned to look at his beta, who was thoroughly amused with what he was looking at, and barked, "One of these days, you will meet a woman who will put you through hell, Finn. And I will remember every single bit of the torment that you have put me through." noveldrama

Finn only smiled. Like him, Finn carried his scars deep in his heart, and it was quite certain that he had no desire to look for his mate, nor did he have the slightest desire to imprint on another woman.

If he were to say it in the language of his friend, females were a lot of hassle, and he didn t have the time for it. But Killian knew that there was something more to it, not that he had tried to break into the memories of his packmate.

But he did see bits and snippets of it.

The sights were not pretty, which led Killian to block those memories out completely.

He said to Finn, "Keep Dominic away from her. No matter what, don t let the wolf sniff his way to our pack."

"Got it, alpha."

The world had always been twisted, demented and dark. It was not a place where the good could ever survive. This was something Dominic knew.

His father, a pure shithead who would send his sons to the fighting ring and watch them being ripped apart until he found the one pup who could stand tall at the end, had taught him this lesson long ago.

Dominic didn t even remember the things or the crimes that he had committed, but by the time he escaped the control of his father, he had already lost a part of his sanity. He knew that he was out of tune with most of the shifters around him and didn t even know what he was missing until a certain platinum blonde made his way into his life.

Ever since they were children, Dominic had been careful and considerate of Inez. He protected her like she was a part of him. Maybe somewhere he knew that she was a part of his soul and had kept her close. Had trusted her with his back turned on.

She had done the same so why did she betray him in the end?

BANG!

Dominic threw the bottle of liquor in his hands onto the floor and watched it shatter, just like how his heart shattered after watching Inez steal the siren of tears. He should hate her. He should be relieved that she was gone. Her life and death should have nothing to do with him anymore.

And yet! And yet he craved her. His wolf was now refusing to talk to him. Though he did appear when Dominic needed him, other than that, his wolf was turning its back on him.

The silence, plus the headaches and pangs in his chest due to the withdrawal of the mating bond, was making him irritable and annoyed.

Every time he left his house, he would be reminded of the fact that Inez was not in the pack. Her scent was long gone, and Scarlet, despite becoming the pack s new punching bag, was keeping her head held high. She even told him that she was not Inez. She would not crumble even if he kicked Ricky off the enforcers team.

She knew he wouldn t because he was already being called out for a hell of a lot of shit and kicking an enforcer who was doing his job quite well wouldn t bode well for him.

But the fact that the woman had helped Inez sneak out of the territory was still on his mind.

Click.

"Dominic?"