"Looking at him doesn't feel like looking at my elder brother anymore," Dominick admitted. His hands clenched into tight fists on his knees. "Casaio seems utterly changed toward me. His gaze was cold and distant. He even said if I hadn't married Juniper, none of this would have happened," he bit out.
"But as you said, Dad, if my ordeal was a consequence of the cursed forest, then what is the cure? And more importantly, how did Gabriel find a way to pull me out of that place?"
Raidan, the Alpha King, sighed. "Carlos was the one who informed Amelie over the phone," he clarified. "But please, Dominick, believe me, Casaio doesn't mean any genuine malice toward you. This fissure is all a ripple effect from the negativity of that place you stepped into." Raidan paused, searching his son's face. "As for Juniper... I truly wanted you both to live out your lives together and grow old. Are you absolutely certain you don't want her in your life?"
