Chapter 47

••• Elijah’s POV ••• Damn it! I kicked the chair in my home office when I thought of my meeting with Damien. It was so humiliating to me. I hated the way he bested me in what seemed like everything. But did he think he could do just about anything? I didn’t know why Victoria wanted to stay with him since his arrogance was so off-putting. And now, back at the pack house, my wolf wouldn’t stop berating me for everything that had happened. “This is all your fault, you damn ass,” Gayle blamed me. “Shut up,” I growled, and I wanted to shove him to the back of my mind, which usually worked in silencing him, but this time it wouldn't, so it would be pointless to do it over and over again. He was so furious at me that I couldn’t even keep him locked to shut him up. “I told you,” he growled back. “I told you this would happen the moment you took that stupid bitch to be your mistress. I told you one day Victoria would not want you anymore, didn’t I? And look what happened now!” I rubbed my templ