Chapter 231

"I am not going to hurt you," said Dominic. His eyes were still staring at her as if he were trying to peel the layers off bit by bit.

"So said the murderers to their victim before they killed them," remarked Inez. Her eyes flickered left and right, and just as she expected, there was not a single soul around. Dominic must have noticed it too; if not, he wouldn t have come chasing after her. She couldn t understand what this man was even trying to do.

Back then, when their wolves sensed that they were mates, Dominic had rejected her. Quite brutally at that, without even giving her a chance to survive the breaking of the mating bond. Even when she had begged and pleaded, the man hadn t even glanced at her, letting her suffer through the pain of losing her mate. Now that she had given up and moved past everything that he had made her go through, he was still holding onto the remnants of the mating bond.

It was weirdly creepy.

Inez didn t feel that it was romantic, but instead, she and her siren felt insulted. What was Dominic trying to do? Did he think that just because he was holding onto the mating bond, they would forgive him, even though he had humiliated them in every way possible? noveldrama

Maybe he did, Inez thought mockingly. How many times had she chased after him, even when the man had insulted her quite harshly? She had even lost count.

Do not feel embarrassed or guilty,

she heard her siren speak in her head. You did nothing wrong; it was because of the mating bond that you craved and gave in again and again. You know how fated bonds can mess up your head, don t you? So, try to keep your mind open and reject any emotion that might arise in the presence of this man. I can sense his wolf. He is trying to reach out to Nia.

Even if you cannot fight back, think of Nia and the sufferings she went through because of this man.

Nia.

Inez s heart was already hardened, but at the mention of Nia, it shifted right behind an iron wall. Her siren was right; Dominic didn t deserve this. He was not worthy of standing in front of her and holding a decent conversation like the two of them were friends. They could never be anything other than enemies, if she were being honest with herself.

"Step aside," said Inez. Her voice sounded unnaturally cold.

She was not going to show any weakness. Not now. Not ever.

Dominic flinched. He lowered his head and looked down at the woman in front of him. Even though he couldn t sense what was amiss, he had a feeling that something had gone wrong. Very wrong.

"What s the matter?" Dominic questioned. He sounded genuinely thrown off by her change, but Inez didn t care. Nor did she feel sorry for him.

"I said, Back the fuck off," Inez snapped, her voice rising with every second as she recalled the pain that her wolf had to go through. How Nia had begged and hoped for her mate to come and ease her pain when she was going through the most brutal heat of her life. The pain the two of them went through was not something that just any shifter could survive.

When the man didn t move, Inez snarled and pushed him away from her. Maybe Dominic was still in shock because of what she said, or maybe he was just not anticipating her reacting so strongly. Either way, he didn t stand quite steady and stumbled back when she pushed him away.

No matter what it was, it was good. Inez didn t pay attention to the details.

She turned on her feet and started to walk away. She would deal with the problem of her full bladder some other time. No wonder girls always dragged their friends to the restroom; this was the fucking reason. What a mess; a girl couldn t even piss in peace.

"No, listen to me "

"No! You listen to me." Inez swivelled on the spot and glared at Dominic, who stepped back, most probably scared by the rise of her voice. If not for the fact that she was quite angry at him because of Nia, she would have found the sight quite funny. A fully grown alpha, scared off by a little latent shifter who couldn t even unsheathe her claws.

But none of that mattered right now. Because he didn t get to storm into her personal space, not after what he had done to her. She narrowed her eyes and then raised her hand before pushing a well-manicured nail into his sturdy chest. "I have not the slightest bit of a clue what you are trying to do. Alright? You see your mate in me? Fine. alright. But you know what, Alpha Cherith, you have rejected your mate. You sent her away. You were the one who pushed her away."

"You don t get to march right up in my life and demand that I follow you because you broke your own toy and now you want someone else s, thats not how it works. That s not how it will ever work. You need to own up to your actions; do you understand? You did something wrong. You did something cruel. There is no mending whatever you did."

"So, you better stop. Stop looking for her; stop trying to badger other women because you miss your ex, mate. You made your motherfucking choice; now deal with it!"

Inez felt as if a weight had lifted off her shoulders. She was breathing heavily, but saying those words out loud felt heavenly.

She pulled away from Dominic, who stood like a wooden statue in front of her, but she didn t care. She pursed her lips and stepped away. "I hope this will be the last time I will see you, Alpha Cherith."

After she finished speaking, Inez turned on her feet and walked away. Because those words she spoke to Dominic? They were not spoken out of anger. That was her honest wish.

But for now, she needed a drink.