Chapter 48 WHEN IT ALL UNRAVELS
DOMINIC’S POV
The command to deploy every available warrior left my mouth before I had even finished listening to the report.
“Search the entire Blackwood territory,” I growled. “And extend beyond our borders–reach out to every neighbouring pack. I want eyes on every road, every scent trail, every damn shadow.”
They bowed and obeyed.
But hours have already turned into days.
And Olivia–my Luna, my mate, the mother of my child–was still gone. I don’t even want to imagine how she is being treated and what if something happened to my child…
The warriors returned empty–handed. Her scent had vanished. No one saw her leave the summit. No one saw her being taken.
It was like she had been swallowed by the darkness.
And it was killing me.
I should have acted fast, I should have checked on her too. James was right to blame me.
I hadn’t slept in days. I couldn’t. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her face–terrified, alone, bleeding. Her last words before she vanished echoed in my mind. “I will never be your Luna again.”
My wolf had never stopped growling at me.
“This is your fault,” he snarled. “You let her walk away. You let her believe she meant nothing. And now she’s out there- scared, carrying your pup, and you weren’t there to protect her. If anything happened to her I will kill Evelyn, all of this started since the day she came here,”
“I know, I accept that it is my fault but Evelyn was with us the whole time so there is no reason to blame her,” I whispered into the empty darkness of my office, my voice cracking under the weight of guilt. “I know that all of this is my fault only and right now I can only give you that.”
I remembered the warmth of her skin in my arms during the blackout. The way her voice trembled when she whispered that something didn’t feel right. The way I let her go when Evelyn screamed.
The sharpest pain wasn’t in losing her–it was in knowing she’d gone missing not as my Luna, but as a woman I’d broken over and over again.
I never deserved her forgiveness. But I still wanted to find her. To hold her. To make sure she and our pup were safe.
That’s when Beta Jason came to me. His eyes were dark with something more than exhaustion.
He handed me a report.
I took it, scanning the contents with a growing sense of dread.
It was a partial trail–faint footprints leading away from the ballroom, a strange chemical residue near the back exit, and something else… a scent that hadn’t been there before the summit.
A scent that belonged to Evelyn.
“I told you that she is behind this,” my wolf growled again. He wanted to come out and tear her apart.
I felt my throat tighten.
“What is this?” I asked, though I already knew.
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“I didn’t want to believe it either,” Jason said, quietly. “But everything we’ve found so far points to one conclusion. She was either involved… or she’s hiding something.”
“No,” I said firmly. “Evelyn wouldn’t do that. Not again.” Not after I’d warned her. She can’t do this.
But even as I said the words, my stomach turned. My wolf said nothing–he didn’t need to. He had warned me before. About Alyosha. About Olivia.
I didn’t want to believe it then, either.
But this time… I couldn’t afford to turn a blind eye.
So I went to find her.
Evelyn was in her quarters, wrapped in a silken robe, sipping tea as if the world outside wasn’t falling apart. When she saw me, her eyes lit up. “Dominic,” she purred, “You’re finally here. I’ve been worried-”
“Where is Olivia?”
Her smile faltered. “What?”
“You heard me.”
Her expression froze, then shifted into something harder. “Why are you asking me that? Do you think I had something to do with her disappearance?”
“I’m asking,” I said, “because there’s a scent trail leading away from the hotel. It’s hers… and yours.”
She stood, voice rising. “So now I’m the villain again? After everything I’ve suffered? After everything I’ve done for you? And how can you even ask me that when I was there with you the whole time?”
“I’m not accusing you,” I said, though my voice was cold. “I just need the truth.”
“The truth? Really Dominic? Then let me ask you, what if someone is trying to frame me? What if someone is helping Olivia and is using her to plant the seeds of doubt in your heart for me?” she snapped. “The truth is that you never trusted me. You say you do, but every time something happens, it’s me you blame. I’m the one who was kidnapped for five years, Dominic! I’m the one who was tortured and marked by fate, only to come back and find you married to her! And even now I am suffering, because of these accusations. How would you feel when someone you love and trusted the most, starts doubting you, questioning you? Would you be able to live with that?”
Her words hit like a slap.
I tried to explain. Tried to calm her down. But she kept shouting–about betrayal, about never being chosen, about Olivia being a liar who always manipulated me.
We argued. Long and loud. Neither of us willing to back down.
Eventually, she stormed out,
I didn’t follow her,
Because something in her eyes–something sharp, something calculated–had shaken me to my core.
I didn’t know where she had gone. And for the first time, I wasn’t sure I wanted to know.
I returned to my office, head pounding with the weight of everything unraveling.
And that’s when my phone rang.
A private line. Unknown number.
I picked up.
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“Alpha Dominic,” the voice on the other end said, distorted but unmistakably male. “I assume you’re looking for your precious Luna.”
My entire body went cold.
“Where is she?” I snarled.
“She’s alive. For now. But she won’t be if you make the wrong move.”
My heart raced.
“If you touch her-”
“I suggest you be careful,” the man said smoothly. “Because the person you trust most may not be as loyal as you think.”
And then the line went dead.
A second later, another message came in–anonymous and encrypted.
A single sentence.
“Evelyn has been taken.”
I stood there in stunned silence, the phone slipping from my hand.
First Olivia.
Now Evelyn.
Two women.
Two sides of my past, both lost in a storm I could no longer control.
And I was the Alpha who had failed them both.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
