Kael's P.O.V
"No!" I growled, my voice echoing through the hall. "I refuse to let Axella go. She's mine, and mine alone. She bears my mark, and her place is by my side, where she belongs." My eyes blazed with determination as I faced my children, my heart racing with a mix of anger and hurt. I tried to prevent Jerome from spiriting her away, as she had begged him to, but my own flesh and blood had turned against me. The thought still seared my mind like a hot iron.
I couldn't fathom why my children would attack their own father to keep him from their mother. I knew they'd go to great lengths to protect her, but I never imagined they'd resort to violence against me. The king, their father, the one who had given them life. I thought they'd show me respect, if not love, but I was sadly mist
