After Rejection Divorced Luna Becomes A Famous Doctor (Hailey and Dominic) novel Chapter 302

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CHAPTER TWOHUNDRED-NINETEEN-1

DOMINIC

The scent of pine and damp earth filled my lungs as I moved through the forest, my paws pounding

against the wet, muddy ground.

Beside me, Liam kept pace, his powerful body was a blur of black fur against the verdant green of the woods. We were in our wolf forms, a silent, fluid conversation passing between us through subtle shifts in posture and the flick of an ear.

<She’s different,> Liam projected, the thought clear in my mind. <Not like the others. She doesn’t have that… cruelty. That hunger.>

<Her father does,> I countered, my own thoughts a low growl. <That kind of poison doesn’t just disappear. It seeps into the soil.>

<Maybe so,> he conceded, leaping over a fallen log with an easy grace. <But she’s not him. She’s her own person. You saw her tonight. She was scared. And sad.>

I had seen it. The flicker of fear in her unnaturally green eyes when I’d asked about her family. The genuine pain when she spoke of her brother. She was a good actress, I’d give her that. But there was a core of truth to her performance that was hard to dismiss. And my son, my stubborn, headstrong son, had seen it too. <I know what you’re thinking,> Liam said, his thoughts turning serious. <That this is a mistake. That I’m putting the pack at risk.>

<I’m thinking that you’re my son, and my job is to protect you,> I replied, my tone softening.

We reached the ridge, a lookout point that offered a breathtaking view of our territory. The moon, a sliver of silver in the darkening sky, cast long shadows across the landscape. I shifted back to my human form, the cool night air a welcome shock against my bare skin. Liam did the same, his expression thoughtful as he looked out at the sprawling forest below.

“You know,” he said, his voice quiet. “When I was a kid, you used to tell me stories about the war. About the things you and Mom did. And I always thought… I always thought you were invincible. That you were these legendary heroes who could do anything.”

“We were just people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time,” I said, a wry smile touching my lips.

“No,” he said, shaking his head. “You were more than that. You were leaders. You fought for a better world And you won. You built this pack, this life, out of nothing. And now… it feels like you’re afraid of it. Afraid of letting it grow.”

His words struck a chord. He was right. We had fought so hard for peace, for stability, that we had become its guardians, its jailers. We were so afraid of losing what we had built that we were suffocating it.

“Your mother and I,” I began, struggling to find the right words. “We’ve seen things, Liam. Things we don’t

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want you to ever have to see. We’re not trying to hold you back. We’re just… trying to hold on.”

He looked at me, his dark eyes, so like Hailey’s, filled with a maturity that seemed beyond his years. “You don’t have to hold on, Dad. You just have to trust me. Trust that you raised me right.”

I put a hand on his shoulder, the solid warmth of him a grounding force. “I do trust you, son. More than you know. But trusting you doesn’t mean I’m not worried. That’s part of the job description, too.”

He nodded, a silent understanding passing between us. We stood there for a long time, two generations of Alphas, looking out at the kingdom we had built.

I continued, “You’re only 18, Liam. This is your first love, I get it. But trust me, the world is a much bigger place than your feelings for a girl. And we have an entire pack that depends on our family’s stability. This… situation… with Viktor’s daughter… it’s not just about you and her. It’s about the balance of power in this region. About the peace we’ve fought tooth and nail to maintain.”

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