Lucien:
My father was pacing.
Again.
He only paced when he was furious or humiliated.
Tonight, it was both.
And I had to fight back the smirk that almost formed on my lips, knowing well that he had failed in getting what he wanted.
“I told you,” Alpha Garren snarled, hands clasped behind his back. “You hesitated. You allowed them time. Now the child is born, the alliance solidifies, and Alexander is shielding her like a rabid beast. The woman thinks she is something when she should have been f*****g yours! Her blood is going to be his to f*****g claim, and he is going to be standing close by her through whatever happens, which is something that we should have stopped before it did!”
I leaned back in my chair, watching him without a flicker of guilt. He still believed this had been
