Chapter 313 The Secret Diary
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After leaving the Moon Goddess altar, Elara didn’t return to Wolfe Manor.
Instead, she went back to the home she shared with Alpha Dominic.
She needed to be alone.
Linda had left chicken soup in the fridge with a Post-it note stuck to the container: "Microwave 2 minutes. Doctor’s orders - you NEED to eat. - L"
But Elara managed only a few spoonfuls before pushing the bowl away. Her stomach was in knots.
She wandered into Dominic’s study and sank into the leather chair by his desk. Her hand came to rest on her slightly rounded belly. Under her palm, she felt a flutter. Then another.
Her face lit up. "Are you two missing Daddy too?"
The pups moved again, as if answering.
She remembered how Alpha Dominic would put his hand on her belly every morning, talking to them. "Good morning, troublemakers," he’d say. Her throat tightened.
Without thinking, Elara found herself standing in front of the safe again. Last time, she’d tried their birthdays, their wedding anniversary. All wrong.
Her fingers hovered over the keypad. Then, almost on instinct, she entered a date she barely remembered - the day they’d first met in the Alpha Academy.
Beep.
The lock clicked open.
Elara’s breath caught. Inside was a smaller steel box with its own lock. She tried their wedding date.
It opened.
The box held just one thing. A worn leather journal.
She hesitated for a moment before pulling it out and opening the cover. The handwriting was bold and confident. Dominic’s handwriting.
May 15th, 2022
Saw her at the charity auction tonight. She wore that emerald dress. Alpha Zack kept his hand on her back all evening. She smiled for the cameras, but I could see how tired she looked. I wanted to drag him outside.
I didn’t.
June 3rd, 2022
She got sick from that new seafood place downtown. Alpha Zack took her there for their anniversary. I had the health department do an "inspection" the next day. They found twelve violations.
She’ll never know it was me. That’s fine.
June 20th, 2022
Alpha Zack missed her birthday dinner. "Emergency pack business," he said. Bullshit. He was at some club with Selina.
I sent flowers to her office. White roses. Signed the card "From someone who cares." She posted a picture on Instagram. Said they made her day better.
Worth it.
July 8th, 2022
Her car died on the interstate tonight. Middle of nowhere. She called Alpha Zack four times. Voicemail every time.
I sent Vincent to "happen" to drive by. She thanked him for an hour. She has no idea I was tracking her phone.
August 14th, 2022
She’s getting thinner. The light in her eyes is fading.
I want to kill him with my bare hands.
...
September 10th, 2022
I can’t do this anymore. Just watching from the sidelines. I need to tell her how I—
The entry ended abruptly.
Elara’s hands shook as she flipped through dozens of blank pages. Nothing. Until—
March 3rd, 2025
Saw her again.
That was it. Three words. The day after she and Alpha Zack broke up.
Elara closed the journal. Her hands were trembling.
All those years. All that time, she thought no one cared. Thought she was invisible.
But Alpha Dominic had been watching. Protecting her from the shadows.
And now he was lying in a hospital bed, fighting for his life.
She pressed the journal to her chest and cried.
Twenty minutes later, she called Hunter. Her voice was still shaky from crying.
"Hello, Elara."
"Hunter." She wiped her nose with a tissue. "Do you remember when Dominic had his car accident?"
There was a pause. "That’s random, sweetheart. Why?"
"I just need to know."
Hunter didn’t push. "September 11th, 2022. I remember because it was the worst day of my life. I lost My wife that morning - massive heart attack while she was watering her roses.."
"And then Dominic’s accident that afternoon. Rolled his Porsche on Highway 16. Spent three weeks in ICU."
September 11th.
Elara’s blood went cold.She remembered that day perfectly.
She’d been at Alpha Zack’s office, trying to convince him to go public with their relationship.
Apha Zack kept making excuses. "Not good timing." "Pack politics." "Maybe next month."
While Alpha Dominic was lying broken on some back road.
The day after he’d written "I can’t do this anymore."