No one stepped forward to stop him, and Dominic continued to walk out of the pub, not the least bothered by the tantrum that Inez was throwing behind him.
However, just as he reached the entrance of the pub, he stopped.
Inez looked up and saw that the spacious corridor was now packed with a bunch of shifters. In the distance, she could see the man standing in front of the crowd. Inez recognised the man at once. The man was dressed in a clean white T-shirt with a black leather jacket and matching cargo pants.
When Inez saw him, her heart cald down, and she yelled, "Killian!"
Killian stepped forward. Though he was still smiling, one could sense the anger bursting through every pore of his body. The alpha vibes that were pouring out of him were thick enough to choke and bring the submissive wolves to their knees. Inez could hear the low thumps of countless people kneeling behind her, but she didn’t pay attention to that as all her attention was on the vague lethality that was brimming in the air.
She could feel Tao’s and Blake’s hold tightening on her.
The air around them dropped to freezing point and then –
"Can you tell what you are doing with my woman, Alpha Cherith?" Killian asked with a dark chuckle.
Dominic stared at the man with a determined look in his eyes as he stated, "You are used to sharing your won, Alpha Sokolov. No need to be protective of this one."
He paused and added, "This will also help us strengthen the alliance."
Inez felt her heart leap to her throat, fearing that the temptation that Dominic had thrown Killian’s way would turn the situation around completely. She held no importance to Killian, and he could always find another siren to save the life of his sister. But the alliance that he shared with Dominic was important, much more than a little siren like her.
Contrary to her expectations, Killian smiled and said to Dominic, "Not this one, though. She is different from the rest, Alpha Cherith. So please unhand my pack mber, or I will take it as a sign that you want to start a pack war with my pack."
Inez’s breathing returned to normal when she heard Killian’s response. She was glad that her alpha, though a bit crazy in the head, was a good man. At least he was determined to intervene and rescue her instead of using her as a pawn to safeguard his alliance.
"Alpha Sokolov," Dominic spoke in a low voice, sounding mildly amused. "Do you really have to be like this? She is just a woman. You can have plenty more; if you want, I can send you so from my pack."
Killian placed his hands in the pockets of his trousers, and he said, "Did I ask you to offer other won, Alpha Cherith? I will say this one last ti; release her right now."
Dominic narrowed his eyes as a burst of alpha vibes exploded.
Killian, however, remained unmoved. His deanour remained unchanged; he was still wearing his relaxed smile as his shifters backed him up from behind. Inez felt her heart clench as the air around her thickened with a volatile rage that could explode at any mont.
Even though she didn’t fall to her knees like the other submissive wolf who couldn’t breathe due to two alpha shifters releasing their alpha vibes, Inez could feel her breathing stagnant.
Finally, Dominic seed to have thought it through; he raised his hand and commanded, "Let go of her."
Only then did Tao and Blake let go of her.
The mont the two n let go of her, Inez was startled. She raised her head and looked at Dominic with a look of disbelief on her face. This was the sa man who had never let go of her, even when she had begged him on her knees. How could he let go of her so easily? Was it because he was helpless in front of Killian’s strength?
A feeling of dismay filled Inez’s heart.
"What are you standing there for?" Killian’s voice rang out from the front, and Inez snapped out of her daze.
A mont of clarity hit her, and she turned on her feet before clambering over to the side of the man; she didn’t even look at Dominic. Finn and the rest sward around her, and Inez tried to calm down her thumping heartbeat.
Dominic’s eyes never left her; his eyes were fixated on her, like a predator targeting its prey.
Killian shifted ever so slightly. He eclipsed her figure such that the man could no longer look at Inez.
Seeing this, Dominic said to Killian, "Alpha Sokolov, you are willing to defend her now, but that doesn’t an that you will be willing to do it for the rest of her life."
"You don’t need to worry about that, Alpha Cherith," remarked Killian with a grin. "Because I assure you that I will never tornt my pack mbers to the point where they would think that turning rogue is better than staying in my pack."
As his words fell, he turned around on his feet and walked out of the pub without giving Dominic another glance.
Inez followed Killian closely, but upon sensing soone staring at her intensely, she made the mistake of turning around and looking behind her. Through the gaps, she noticed Dominic. He hadn’t moved from the spot where he was standing earlier. His gaze was filled with flas, like hell’s fire, determined to trap her until nothing but ashes were left.
Dread climbed up her spine, and she turned around before scrambling after Killian.
And as she stepped out of the pub, she recalled the voice of the man who had spoken to her when she was a child.
’You are my treasure, Inez.’
’My sweet little Inez.’
Inez was too small to rember the face of the man. But she did rember his voice a little, and unfortunately for her, Jared’s voice didn’t match with her father’s.
She wondered if all these years had caused the man’s voice to change. But what if the man she had been chasing was never the one that she was looking for?
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