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Dominique POV
“Delphine, move. You always sit next to me,” I mutter as dinner is placed on the table.
“Dominique.”
Mum shoots me the look the one that means I’ve already crossed a line and motions for Delphine to come sit beside her instead.
She’s always telling me to be nice to Delphine. But she’s so annoying.
Like right now she sticks her tongue out at me as she climbs into the chair next to Mum, clutching that stupid bunny teddy of hers. It’s filthy. She dropped it in the mud earlier, and now she won’t even let Mum wash it.
“You just wait, Dominique,” Delphine huffs, squeezing the bunny tighter. “Wait until I live with Roland and you’re all alone. Then you won’t be so mean.”
“That’s not happening,” Uncle Fabrice says calmly as he reaches for the salt and passes it to Florence.
We’re all eating together tonight Mum, Uncle Fabrice, Florence, Alpha Damien, and Beta Lucas.
“It will,” Delphine insists proudly. “We’re going to have ten babies.”
There’s a pause.
“…Ten?” Damien coughs, choking on his food.
Dinner feels different tonight. Special, maybe. The adults are eating steak and fries, but Delphine and I got burgers instead. I don’t mind but something feels off.
Mum and Damien keep looking at each other. Not angry exactly… just serious. Were they arguing again? I thought they were friends now.
“Yes,” Delphine continues proudly. “Six boys and four girls. Although Roland says he only wants boys.”
She’s lying. Roland would never say that. He only pretends to listen to her to keep her quiet.
“I need a word with Roland,” Damien growls, making Mum laugh.
“They’re just kids being silly,” Mum whispers to him. “It’s not real.”
Uncle Fabrice clears his throat, clearly changing the subject. “So what did you two do today with Miss Lambert?”
“Times tables and phonics,” I answer around a big bite of my burger.
Earlier, I’d slipped out of class and overheard Alpha Damien and Beta Lucas talking. About going back to the Bloodnight pack.
I didn’t want them to go.
I didn’t want him to leave.
I liked Damien. I thought maybe
“You alright, kiddo?” Damien asks gently when he notices I’ve stopped chewing.
“You’re leaving?” I set my burger back on my plate and grab some fries instead, drowning them in ketchup.
“Yes,” he says softly. “But not for long.”
He looks sad.
“Why?”
“I need to make sure my pack is in order,” he explains. “Especially with Lucas here”
“Can’t he go?” I blurt out.
“Dominique!” Mum scolds me.
I didn’t mean it like that. I like Lucas too. I just… like Damien more.
“I won’t be gone long,” Damien says carefully. “As Alpha King, I have a duty to my pack, to my people. One day, you’ll understand that burden.”
A low growl from Mum cuts him off instantly.
She’s the head of the Darkvale alliance. Which means when I’m older…
I’ll take over.
Does that mean I’ll be enemies with Damien someday? Or
My head starts to hurt when I think too much. I don’t want him to hate me when I grow up. I like him. He plays football with me. He makes me laugh.
After dinner, we play a game of snap with a deck of cards. Delphine refuses to join she says I’m cheating.
I am cheating.
But I can’t let her win.
She climbs onto Florence’s lap instead, the two of them reading a book together.
This morning, I saw Florence and Uncle Fabrice kissing in the kitchen.
It was gross.
They tried to pretend Florence had something wrong with her mouth. Please. I’m four not stupid.
Everything feels like it’s changing too fast.
Is Uncle Fabrice going to leave us to live with Florence? I don’t know how I feel about that. He’s my uncle but he’s also the closest thing I’ve ever had to a dad.
I don’t want him to leave the pack.
“Snap!”
Damien slams his hand down faster than me, and something inside me twists.
Ever since the kidnapping, I can feel… something. I think it’s my wolf.
I know I’m too young to shift. I know that.
But the voice it talks to me at night. Keeps me awake.
I haven’t told anyone.
I don’t want Mum to worry. She already has too much to carry. I’m supposed to help her. Protect her.
That’s why I don’t want Damien to go.
I thought maybe he’d stay. Help me protect Mum and Delphine.
For us to become a—