Chapter 55

DOMINIC’S POV I couldn’t accept it. No matter how many reports crossed my desk, no matter how many testimonies piled up—all pointing at Laura as the one who killed Jason—I simply couldn’t believe it. They had loved each other for decades—Laura and Jason. To everyone in the pack, they weren’t just the Beta and his wife. They were a symbol. A beacon. The kind of couple that weathered every storm and still chose each other at the end of the day. They didn’t need grand declarations. Their love spoke in quiet glances, in the way Jason always poured Laura’s tea first, or how Laura always knew what Jason was thinking before he even said a word. I still remember the day everything changed for them. It was during a rogue attack—one of the worst our pack had faced in years. Blood spilled on sacred ground, warriors fell, and among the chaos, Laura, pregnant with their first child, was caught in the crossfire. I had never seen Jason like that before. Not even on the battlefield. He carried her thr