Chapter 44

DOMINIC’S POV I’d heard the murmurs the moment Olivia walked into the ballroom. “She has some nerve showing up here…” “She’s not Luna anymore, right?” “Look at her… flaunting herself on James’s arm.” Their words were needles—sharp and bitter—and every one of them dug into my skin. I clenched my jaw, my hands tightening into fists at my sides. I wanted to tell them all to shut the hell up. I should have even warned Olivia about not coming to the ball. But I knew how she would have reacted and that’s why I stayed back. But now, people are talking and I don’t like the way they are gossiping about her. I should go and ask her to leave early. But before I could, Evelyn slipped her arm around mine, her gentle voice pulling me back. “Dominic,” she whispered sweetly, “not now. This is the ball you’ve been planning for months. Let them talk.” She was right. This wasn’t the place to make a scene. I had a speech to deliver. A hall full of Alphas and Lunas watching my every move. I forced myself t