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After the war, Liza and Alaric felt it was best to exile the remaining council members. They weren’t too happy when Alaric mated to a non-dragon, so I don’t blame them. Life has been crazy trying to get the new council up and running.

“Dominic!! I need your help! Your nephew is frying everything in sight. Please take him out in the garden to play. The hunters will arrive soon, I still have to clean this mess and finish the meal preparations.” A very exhausted Liza points behind her.

I glanced at the damage and shake my head. My nephew certainly is putting his mark on everything.

“On it. Uncle Dom to the rescue.” I chuckle.

Lifting my mischievous nephew in my arms,  I barely moved my head in time before a fireball whooshed by.

“Lil Aero, your momma is going to have my head if you destroy anything else.” I stated laughingly as we walked outside.

It’s hard to believe this little guy is already causing trouble at his age. We just celebrated his first birthday, and since he came from royal blood, that meant his powers came in earlier than typical dragons. Plus his mother is from one of the strongest witch bloodlines, so we just knew he would be special, most hybrids are. As we walked into the gardens, I scan the yard for Elizabeth. I haven’t seen that much of her in a few days now. She said she needed time to adjust and think before latching onto our mate bond.

I don’t mind the waiting don’t get me wrong, but everyone can see the way she attaches herself to Alaric. Speaking of Alaric, I can hear his big old feet closing in. He must have smelled this lil munchkin. I quickly dash behind the bushes, knowing how much baby Aero loves hide and seek, mask my scent along with Aero’s and wait. Then three feet in front of us, out pops Alaric.

“Rarrr! Huh? I could of swore I smelled him over here.” Alaric says confused.

He looks around as if to make sure one last time when I see her. I can feel my heart beat come to life just by her beauty.

“Alaric, honey are we going to finish our conversation? I really do believe we are the ones who should have been together. Don’t you remember what it was like being in my arms when we made love all night long?” Elizabeth sexily teased as she ran her fingers down his chest.

I could feel the pain of her betrayal and lies. Yea time to think right? More like time to worm her way into my brother’s bed. Quickly unmasking my scent I could tell the exact moment they knew we were there. Alaric sagged in relief while the whore stiffened.

“Here Alaric, take your son please. My wolf needs to get away from the stench that suddenly appeared.”

“Uhhh… ddddd. Dominic hhh…hi. I was just about to come fi…find you.” Elizabeth finally got out.

I just rolled my eyes and walked away. I quickly linked Liza with a heads up.

“Hey sis, might want to hurry to the gardens. The sluts all over Alaric. Guess I should have listened to everyone. See you in half hour.”

Then I quickly shut everyone’s links down, shifted and took off into the woods. I was so stupid I should have listened. I hate my very existence, my ancestors Serene and Heka! I hate the very idea of mates.

The pain and anger only growing stronger and stronger. Seriously, when do I finally find someone to love me. I should become this evil cold-hearted bastard that Elizabeth only sees. Digging my claws deeper into the soft cool ground, I drove myself to go deeper into the woods to my favorite spot. I was going to the waterfalls Elizabeth and I found last month. It’s where we first kissed. Where we almost made love until Alaric needed my help.

One of our sister packs in Rome has had a few of their female wolves disappear, alone with the female children. At first, nothing seemed odd, well that was until the numbers grew. Now almost all the females are missing, the other half hidden underground. Hopefully we can figure this out quickly before it gets worse.

I take a deep breath to calm Kai down. I don’t know how long I had been gone but the moon was full and high above me. Looking up into the giant navy-blue sky that seemed to go on and on, I started to wonder. Would she even hear me? Would she answer or ignore me like she’s done in the past?

I looked past every ball of gas until I found the brightest one. Howling the loudest I ever could, I began cursing her for my troubles. Then I waited.

And waited.

Finally, I stood up looking towards the moon, and shouted, “go figure. Leave me to suffer because you weren’t satisfied with the hand you got dealt. So, go take someone else’s future because you can, right? Yeah, well go fuck yourself. You suck.”

Turning I ran straight to my room without alerting anyone that I had returned. As soon as I got there, I stripped then jumped face first into my pillow. Fuck it, I will figure this out tomorrow. I’m going to make some serious changes, starting with rejecting her.

Not even as soon as I fall asleep in barges that old ogre Alaric.

“Bro! You got some explaining to do! You nearly had Liza scared to death wondering where you went. And don’t get me started on Aero. Me on the other hand, Dom, I hope you know I would never...” Alaric begins frantically before I cut him off.

“Alaric, no worries. I am going to reject her so she can be on her way. I should have listened. I am over it, and frankly, it’s time for the true Dominic to come back out to play.” I said wickedly as my half smirk finally reached my eyes.

Alaric couldn’t help but smile too it seemed as he pulled me into a tight hug. We both leaned back and laughed about the possibility to come.

No more cages. Nothing but the freedom of my pack. It’s time I finally return home. I haven’t taken a vacation from always protecting the humans in a make shift Mafia in forever. My wolf was missing home.

We sat there in silence just listening to all the unspoken words. Processing the fact, I am going home, and away from my nephew. It saddened me to leave and a small part of me couldn’t wait to have what my brother has. A child to love and protect. To put above all others. My own heir.

Once he left, I quickly drifted off to sleep as exhaustion took over. And for the fifth time this week, she ran through my mind again. The same solid white she wolf. She was amazing, breath taking. Her solid white fur was shinning like a angels halo. She had beautiful purple swirls that danced with the winds as she bound through the forest so gracefully. Her beautiful silver eyes captivating me as I ran in wolf form to her. Just as I was about to catch her again, suddenly she evaporated into the sky, and just like that she was gone.

I jumped up frantically searching knowing it was that dammed dream again. Sucking in a deep breath I plopped back down onto the bed.

Yeap, this is going to be a long night. I wished I could figure out who the white wolf was, or if my mind is teasing me by showing me what I could never have.