Chapter 53

DOMINIC’S POV Losing Olivia… destroyed me. There’s no poetic way to phrase it. No strength in pretending. I had made my choice—turned my back on her in the flames—and it cost me everything. My wolf never stopped screaming at me. Not once. Not when I tried to rationalize my actions. Not when I said it was all part of a plan. Not even when I admitted the truth to myself—that I had been too scared to listen to my instincts, too blinded by guilt and obligation to do what was right. “Coward.” “Fool.” “You don’t deserve her.” He never let up. He refused to let me forget what I had done. And worst of all? He kept his promise. He said he would never forgive me, he said he will destroy me—and he kept his word. Unlike me. I kept breaking my promises. I failed Olivia, I failed my pup, I failed my pack. But my wolf? He stood firm in his truth, even if it meant destroying me from the inside out. At least one of us had the courage to see things through. ________________________________________ The d