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CHAPTER 36

~Damon’s POV~

As investors argued over projections, the conference room was filled with heated discussions. I could hardly hear their voices over the din.

I was physically present but mentally adrift. My thoughts replayed last night’s events, each moment sharper than the last.

The image of Arianna crying in the cold room was seared into my mind.

Mars had been relentless, his growls of disapproval echoing in my head. “You’re a monster, Damon. She’s your mate! She was breaking, and you let her!”

“It wasn’t about anger,” I’d muttered under my breath in the solitude of my study. “I thought her wolf would emerge to protect her. I thought…”

Mars had snarled at my feeble justification. “You thought wrong. That wasn’t her wolf saving her—that was her breaking, Damon. You did that.”

In frustration, I’d turned to the surveillance feed, needing to see her, to convince myself she wasn’t as fragile as Mars claimed.

I’d watched as she sat huddled in the corner, her arms
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