The moment Thea had mindlinked me with some wise words from the girlfriend of my son, I was a little taken aback, but it gave us an insight into how he felt. An insight we truly needed. He so rarely opened up to us. So rarely came to us when he struggled. Or at least hadn't done since coming of age. I knew I was hard upon him, just as my father had been upon me, but this sudden change in my son had shocked me.
I still wanted to maintain the relationship we had when Zaine was younger. We were so close. I had hoped we could be friends as he approached those transitioning years. The time when he would begin to prepare to become Alpha. Instead, the opposite had happened. And, those flighty, Alpha traits meant we clashed. He caused me to snap more times than I care to admit. Many of which I h
