D O M I N I C
I stood at the bottom of the stairs, my fists clenched at my sides, listening to the silence from above.
Aria was in her room, probably trying to block out the world with her headphones, and Liam was in his, wallowing in his own self righteous anger, a boy who thought he knew everything, a boy who was on the verge of throwing away everything we had built for him, everything we had worked so hard to give him.
I knew what Hailey was thinking. I knew she was blaming herself, that she was tearing herself apart with guilt and fear, but this wasn't her fault.
It was mine. I was the Alpha. I was the one who was supposed to protect this family, to guide my son, to prepare him for the life that was waiting for him, a life of duty, of responsibility and of sacrifice.
And I had fa
