Chapter 197: No longer useful

Scarlet sucked in a breath. Her eyes flickered subtly, but she controlled her heartbeat just in time before Dominic could catch her. With how sharp Dominic was, she knew that the man would sense something amiss in a matter of seconds.

"Yes, what about it?" Trying to keep her protectiveness to a bare minimum, she asked the man.

Dominic’s eyes narrowed down at the woman in front of him. He interlocked his fingers and placed them on the table before questioning, "Was it mere coincidence or something else?"

The tension in the room became palpable as Scarlet shifted on her feet. She carefully composed her face, but there were countless worries raging within her heart and body. Trying to keep her voice awfully casual, she asked the man, "And what else would it be?"

She glanced at Evelyn before stating in a supposed-to-be calm voice, "I don’t know what she has told you, but I just ran into that woman at the store and we talked a little. Why? Is there something else?"

"You mean to tell me that you never noticed the similarities between her and Inez?" Dominic pressed on even further, and when he spoke, his voice was low and controlled, but Scarlet could taste the storm that was raging within him.

"Similarities? Not at all." Scarlet had long adapted the art to lie. She pursed her lips when Dominic growled at her, but she didn’t falter at all. Instead, she continued to speak in a cold voice, "I don’t know what you are thinking, Dominic. But you need to understand that you need to stop looking for Inez in other women."

Bang!

man’s breathing turned ragged as he spoke in a tight

her fists. Though she knew that the path she was taking was a dangerous one, she knew that she had to persist. "Inez is gone, and so is your bond. It’s about time you get your head out of your arse and worry more about the children who went missing last week. Do you even know

Unique and rare shifters were getting lost every now and then. Scarlet had lost count of how many shifters their pack had

Dominic? Not so much.

were planning. It could be a plan for the complete annihilation of the shifters or

were here, she would be disappointed in you, too, Dom. Trying to look for a substitute? Are you for real? Trying to break her wasn’t enough; that you are going

as if she is

you as long as I

started to rise in the office, and Tao shuffled on his feet. Scarlet knew that he was having a hard time, especially with two dominant wolves leaking their aura in the room. Evelyn’s face had turned pale, and she looked like she was having

glad that you are her sister, or else I would have killed you

just as she reached the door, she paused and turned to look at the man behind her. "And

got it, she would rather break her own

turned around, a loud snarl erupted behind her, and she smirked. There.

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