D O M I N I C
He was dead.
Adrian was dead.
I tried as much as possible to conceal my emotions for the sake of the pack. For Hailey. I needed to be strong, the unwavering leader they all looked up to. But inside, the rage was a physical thing, a roaring inferno consuming me from the inside out.
Walking into the pack house was like stepping into a pressure cooker. The air was thick with unspoken fears and simmering anger. I couldn't shield them from this. Adrian wasn't just a human who had been on our land; he was the son of a powerful man who now had a legitimate reason to declare war on us all. I had invited him here. I was responsible for this.
My pack members, my family, were gathered in the main living room. Their faces were grim, their eyes a mixture of fear and fury. They looked
