Dinner with the Wolves

DOMINIC

I drove to my family’s house alone, gripping the steering wheel tighter than necessary. The evening air was crisp, the roads nearly empty, yet my mind was anything but calm.

Daphne wasn’t with me.

I hadn’t even told her about this gathering.

It was better that way.

I knew exactly how this night would go—thinly veiled insults, judgmental stares, passive-aggressive remarks that would chip aw