Chapter 147

DOMINIC’S POV The council chamber was filled with the low hum of discussion, maps spread across the long oak table as I stood between two Alphas, outlining the water distribution plan we had been working on for months. A plan that once felt like a burden, another impossible weight on my shoulders—was finally beginning to take shape. And for the first time in what felt like forever, I didn’t feel suffocated by it. Because she was there. Olivia stood across the room, her fingers gliding over her tablet, taking notes, occasionally offering input with that quiet but razor-sharp insight that most overlooked. But I didn’t. Not anymore. I’d been blind before, too wrapped in my own torment and rage to notice just how much she gave—without being asked, without ever demanding acknowledgment. She was always there… helping. Supporting. Holding things together even when everything was falling apart. I watched her now, sunlight filtering through the tall windows and catching in her hair. She looked