Dominic took a step forward, his eyes fixated on Inez as if he couldn’t see the mark on her neck. But then again, many alphas were blind to fault. Unless they wanted to see, and unfortunately, for the majority of the time, they don’t see a thing.
"Step back," said Killian as he stepped in front of Inez. His lips were curled in a snarl as he stared right in the eyes of the alpha, who seemed to have some unwarranted feelings towards his mate, something that he neither liked nor appreciated.
"You cannot command me." Dominic’s eyes flashed wolf as he snapped back at Killian, causing the temperature of the room to rise and the scent of gunpowder to scatter in the room.
"Of course, as an alpha, I cannot, but as Inez’s mate, I can."
Tracy winced the second Killian finished speaking those words because that very second, Dominic’s eyes snapped to the mark on Inez’s neck, and the sight of the mark seemed to have sucked his very essence dry. The man staggered backwards, and for a teeny, tiny bit, Tracy felt sorry for him. Ah, no. Forget it; she didn’t feel sorry about him at all.
"You are not her mate," Dominic spoke through gritted teeth, and Inez, who had been trying her best to ignore the man till now, finally raised her head and looked at him. Her mind had been so wrapped around the events that had taken place in the prison dungeons that she hadn’t paid much attention to Dominic. Once she snapped out of her daze and came to her senses, she felt a rush of anger as she jumped to her feet. "Says who?" She asked, feeling a tad bit – no, a lot – annoyed with the sudden appearance and disruption.
She raised her head and met Dominic’s gaze head-on before stating, "Who are you to tell me that he is not my mate, Alpha Cherith?"
She felt sick and disoriented, but Inez also didn’t like Dominic’s assertive attitude; he spoke as if he had some sort of right over her when he didn’t.
"Inez—"
"Don’t," Inez interrupted. She knew what the man was going to say, what he was going to do and what he wanted to tell her. "You rejected me. Since you have done that, it’s on you and not me. I did my part, Dominic. You cannot expect me to hold on to you. I won’t do it... I cannot do it, not when you caused Nia so much pain that she is neither alive nor dead."
"You heard her." Killian’s voice turned firmer as he continued watching the man in front of him, making sure that he wouldn’t get close to Inez in any way possible.
Dominic sensed Killian’s gaze, and his expression morphed into sheer rage. The raw emotions on his face made Tracy’s face scrunch up. She had to admit that this was a true clusterfuck. There was something truly fucked up about the sheer vulnerability of mates towards one another. When it came to their mates, they just didn’t have enough brain cells to rub together.
Inez rose to her feet, and so did Tracy as she realised that the situation was spiralling more and more out of control with each passing second.

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