Chapter 59

OLIVIA'S POV He exhaled sharply. “We’re true mates, Olivia. How can you stand there and say that I betrayed you—?” “Didn’t you?!” My voice cracked like a whip, stopping him in his tracks. “You kept me by your side because you thought I bore the Phoenix Mark. You made me your Luna for status, not for love. And you dare question me?” He shook his head, but I kept going. I needed him to hear it all. “Then your precious childhood sweetheart returned, and suddenly—poof! I was no longer good enough. No longer needed. Everything I did, everything I endured for this pack, for you… meant nothing. You ignored her crimes while blaming me for every minor misstep. You stood silent when I was imprisoned. You walked away when I was starving and pregnant in a dungeon. You let them strip me of my dignity.” My voice had risen, breath shallow. I hadn’t even realized how tightly I was clenching my fists until my nails bit into my palms. Dominic let out a bitter, humorless chuckle. “You think it’s been eas