Elara
I was still half asleep when I opened the door. I completely forgot about the mark on my face.
Dominic's eyes went straight to my cheek. His voice turned cold as ice. "Who hit you?"
I blinked, suddenly remembering.
"It's nothing," I said flatly. "My mom slapped me."
His face got darker. His jaw clenched tight. "Did you put anything on it? Why did she hit you?"
Why did she hit me? I let out a bitter laugh. "Because I told her I wanted to cut ties with her. That made her mad."
"I'm sorry," I added, "but I don't want her at our mating ceremony."
Then I suddenly remembered something.
Dominic might have only agreed to mate with me because I was Alpha Enzo's stepdaughter. That connection probably mattered to him.
If I lost that connection, would he still wan
