Chapter 966 Did You Beg Him

• Dominic left the reception room and crossed the hushed corridor toward Yvonne’s office. Fluorescent light tracked across the medals on his coat as he walked, but the shine dulled beneath the knot between his brows.
• Only an hour earlier, he had been buoyant—Miguel’s reluctant concession had returned the War God Badge to his hand, and with it a surge of long-denied pride.
• Yet, Xyla’s abrupt appearance had shattered that calm, her presence clinging to him like the aftertaste of smoke.