SILAS POV
Introducing my beta to my sons should not have mattered as much as it did.
I had faced councils, rogues, challengers who wanted my head on a platter, and enemies who would have gladly watched me bleed out in the dirt. None of that had prepared me for the way my chest felt when Sebastian and Stephan stood in front of Garrett and introduced themselves like they were born knowing who they were.
Straight backs. Chin up. Hands out.
“Hi,” Sebastian said, serious as hell. “I’m Sebastian.”
“I’m Stephan,” his brother added, mirroring him perfectly. “Nice to meet you.”
Garrett blinked.
Actually blinked.
Then he looked at me, slow and deliberate, one brow lifting in clear surprise.
“Well, I’ll be damned,” he muttered under his breath.
I felt Seiryu stretch beneath my skin, proud a
