Alpha's Regret: Losing His True Mate

Elodie’s POV

When Dante had called me earlier, I’d assumed he was already home.

But now, listening to Liora ask where he was, I realized he hadn’t been here at all.

The hotel where the banquet was held was actually closer to the estate than my apartment. And he’d left at least thirty minutes before Johnny and I did.

Which meant he should’ve been home by now.

Unless he’d taken Sienna home first. Unless he’d stayed with her for a while. Unless he wasn’t planning on coming home at all tonight.

My stomach turned.

Then I heard footsteps in the hallway.

“Daddy!” Liora’s face lit up instantly.

Dante walked in, and even though I’d been expecting it, seeing him still felt like a knife twisting in my chest.

“Hey, baby girl,” he said, his voice soft in a way it never was with me anymore.

I started to shift Liora out of my arms to give him space, but she clung to me, not wanting to let go. She just reached out one hand toward him.