#Chapter 90 The Past is Present

Dominic I waited up for what felt like half the night, but she didn’t come back. It felt wrong to climb into the bed we were meant to share, so I stayed in the armchair until it was clear I would be spending the night alone. Even after relenting and tossing myself into bed, sleep was still elusive. In the end, I found a sleeping pill in the bathroom cabinet and forced myself to shut my eyes for at least a few hours. I woke up feeling like a corpse, and my reflection in the bathroom mirror confirmed I looked like one too. Going back over the events of the night before, I tried to figure out what went wrong. It had been so long since I had felt the rage episode building within me. It seems to be triggered by emotional stress, but with Mira’s presence and medicinal aid I had been stable and level-headed for weeks. But now, with the return of Celeste and my ascension to Alpha, my nerves were feeling raw. I took myself to our private gym, hoping the endorphins from exercise wou