Between Two Alphas, My Heart Bleeds Silver novel Chapter 1

My hand froze at the door, as my ex-fiancé Victor's meaningful voice drifted from inside.

"She massages your shoulders, rubs your feet, practically gives you her heart—all while you're the reason her father died."

"Shut your mouth," Dominic warned, his voice ice-cold.

"Tsk, the mighty Alpha Sicilian playing saint?" Victor laughed.

"Her father was practically the uncle you have been calling since childhood, yet you sacrificed him only to please a Moon Priestess."

A bottle slammed against the table as Dominic growled through clenched teeth:

"I owe Elena and her father a debt I can never repay! But everything I did back then was for Selene's safety! If you don’t treat her well, and I'll make you beg for death!"

"Alpha Sicilian truly is devoted," Victor sneered. "You genuinely love Selene, but she wants nothing to do with a blood-soaked monster like you!"

"Just stick with Elena. She thinks you're her salvation, not knowing you're her nightmare!"

The sound of shattering glass was deafening.

I walked quickly toward the rooftop bar, struggling to control my trembling.

I gulped down the strong liquor in one gulp, and as someone who usually doesn't drink alcohol, I was choked by the spiciness and tears streamed down my face.

The conversation replayed in my mind.

So it wasn't Victor who betrayed my father, but Dominic—the man who claimed to revenge for me and bring justice for my father.

That mutilated body, tortured beyond recognition, actually was his doing.

No wonder the normally composed Dominic had stared blankly at my father's charred remains in the funeral home.

But now, it all made me sick.

I emotionlessly helped him into the bulletproof sedan.

Dominic collapsed onto my lap, his furrowed brow finally relaxing, looking like a harmless child.

"Selene... why... why couldn't it be me..."

I finally understood the name he'd mumbled in countless midnight dreams.

Selene, the woman who cost me everything, was his moon-touched beloved.

Dominic had never forgotten her, even performing this charade with me for her sake.

I'd been too naive, underestimating his obsession with Selene.