Chapter 131

DOMINIC’S POV I couldn’t breathe. My chest tightened as Olivia’s words echoed in my ears, sharp and unforgiving. The look in her eyes—not hatred, not disappointment, but a carefully constructed wall of indifference—was what hurt the most. She had mastered the art of pretending I didn’t matter. And tonight, she wielded it like a dagger. "You really think you can lead with your heart so tangled in lies? No wonder your judgment has always been clouded, Dominic. No wonder you chose Evelyn, and from now on, you shouldn’t come back to me and ask why I chose Derek over my own mate." She hadn’t even flinched when she said it. She just turned away and walked off, leaving me stunned next to the dance floor with the weight of her words slamming into me like a landslide. But that bracelet. The one on her wrist. I remembered it now. Bloodied fingers. Smoke and dirt-filled air. A soft hand pressing it into mine, whispering, "Hold on... you’re going to be okay." I had been wrong all this time. Dead w