ALLISTER
It was an odd feeling.
I couldn't even recall how long it had been, since I'd last waited outside my father's room, to ask him for something.
I had a whole speech prepared. I'd repeated it in my head a thousand times over, practised it in front of the mirror, trying to come up with a way to pull this off. But deep down, I knew that no number of right words, correctly phrased sentences, or practice sessions would sway the man. I knew how deep-rooted his hatred was towards humans. So I couldn't offer him a chance to be a father instead of a cruel, Superior King, no, I had to use his very weakness against him.
Robert opened the door for me, and I felt my heart immediately race. He looked rather disheveled, but I'd stopped questioning him now. It wasn't our business when our moth
