Benjamin arrived home, his face completely pale. He never thought that the dealings of his past would catch up to him in the present, let alone that Kreves would be caught in the middle of it all. Despite what most people thought, he truly cared for Kreves. Over the years, he had come to see him as a son and had done everything he could to keep Alexa’s claws off him. That woman was truly repulsive; he had always regretted sleeping with her and had only married her because of the child she was supposedly carrying. When she lost the baby, he considered leaving her, but by then, she already knew too much about him. He couldn’t leave her, even if he wanted to.
As he entered, he saw Akalena. For years, she had pretended to be just a servant, but she was actually his wife’s sister. That woman w
