Chapter 50
Samantha’s POV
Trust was one thing that once it was broken it could no longer be fixed. And I knew that even if I tried to trust him again, I would not be able to completely do it. To return to the Silver Crescent pack and live with him, be his Luna, it would be a nightmare that would keep me on my tiptoes, walking on a tiny thread that would shatter me once again with even one minor mistake he would make. Could I risk it? Could I gamble with my heart again? It was a difficult decision especially since it was not just me who would be in this, I now have the twins to worry about too. I did not want them to undergo what I went through. It would break me to see them suffer because of their own father.
My heart felt like it had been thrown into a storm, torn between the past that refused to loosen its grip and the present that demanded something I was not sure I could give.
“Trust you?” I repeated softly, more to myself than to him. My voice wavered, barely a whisper, but he heard it. Of course, he did. Dominic’s sharp senses never missed anything, sometimes he just did not bother to care, like in the past.
“Yes. That’s all I am asking.” He spoke as if the trust was just a mere worthless coin to bet on a gambling table. Didn’t he understand yet how important trust is? It was worth more than everything, even more than this thing we call ‘love’, that when the trust was broken, it could never be returned to its complete and original state anymore, no matter how much you forgive and forget.
I let out a hollow laugh, shaking my head. “That’s all? Do you have any idea how impossible that feels right now?”
He stepped closer, his towering frame making me feel both small and exposed. “I know I have given you plenty of reasons not to. I have made mistakes, more than I can count. But this is not about the past, Samantha. It is about the future, about us, and think about the twins.”
He may be right. This was not just about me anymore. But how could I ignore the years of hurt, betrayal, and the scars he had left on my heart?
I turned away, needing the space to breathe, to think. My arms wrapped around myself as if they could shield me from the memories threatening to overwhelm me. “You do not get it, Dominic,” I uttered. “It is not just about trusting you with my life or my safety. It is about trusting you with my heart. And you have shattered that before.”
“I know.” His voice softened, and for a moment, it was not the Alpha speaking, but the man I had once dared to care for. “I know I hurt you. And I will never forgive myself for that. But things are different now. I am different.”