We quietly slipped out of the room, but my mind was anything but quiet.
That diary I read earlier—it still wouldn’t leave my head. It felt like Dominic had known all along that we were meant to be mates. Like deep down, he believed it. But for some reason, he just couldn’t act on it.
And then I thought of Arielle.
I didn’t know why, but something about her felt connected to all of this. If Dominic had truly known for a long time that we were fated, then what role did Arielle play? Was she just caught in the middle? Or… was she the bridge that kept us?
But I had no proof. Just a weird feeling in my chest that I couldn’t explain. I shook my head, trying to clear it. It was useless to think about things I couldn’t be sure of.
We were halfway across the training grounds when I saw him—Do
