Dominic’s PoV
The parchment in her hand felt like a lit fuse. I stared at the charcoal—stained fingers holding the ledger, the heavy realization crashing over me.
Elder Jarek had keys to the obsidian deep cells. He was down there right now, completely alone with the Sun clan's lead chemist.
My human instinct raged against the reality of the situation—that the daughter of the man who slaughtered my family was standing in my Archives, wearing my mantle, uncovering a security breach my beta, Silas had missed.
But my wolf was utterly captivated by her brilliance.
She protects the pack, my beast purred, his issues growl echoing inside me.
I snatched the parchment from her hand. My calloused fingers brushed against hers, and the mate bond ignited instantly— a desperate, maddening heat thr
