Chapter 57

DOMINIC

What was going on? My thoughts felt scrambled as I stood in the hospital hallway, staring at the sterile tiles beneath my feet. On one hand, it was a relief that Raina finally knew the truth about Nathan. At least now I didn’t have to keep tiptoeing around her, hiding every move Alex and I made to expose that bastard.

I’ll admit, Alex was surprising me. For all his faults—and there were many—he was doing everything in his power to help Raina. It was almost enough to make me like the guy, though I wasn’t about to say that out loud. We had one goal: to take Nathan down. And for once, Alex seemed genuinely committed to it.

When Raina brought up going to the cops, she wasn’t wrong to ask. It was the logical thing to do, and for someone like her—who had always played by the rules—it made sense. But I had to make her understand why it wouldn’t work.

“Raina,” I’d told her earlier, standing by the car as Alex hovered nearby, “it’s not that simple. Nathan’s a