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DOMENICO POV

I fold my arms and lean against the entrance to the main living area. I try to appear calm and relaxed but my insides are a swirl of different emotions. Lust and longing being the primary ones.

I tried to stay in my personal around, but I have realized that I can't stay away from her for very long. Even if she is with Giulia, my most trusted female warrior. I personally have to know she is safe and being taken care of. She may have upset me, but I do not think I could ever stay mad at her. She is too precious, even now.

Giulia seems to be warming up to my human mate rather quickly, which I am unsure if I like. Humans have never been creatures that we befriend. We protect them, but their short life spans make it painful to care about them on a personal level.

"I need to explain something to you," Giulia says with almost urgency in her voice, and I freeze.

"We can kill them with ease, but sometimes their numbers overwhelm us...Each Lycan lost is devastating to us. Over th