*Peter*
Everyone leaves the conference room: everyone but Molly and me.
“Those were some harsh words,” I say, and she nods slowly. “Are you alright?”
“He’s not wrong,” she shrugs. “It’s just that the issues are more complex than they seem from the outside.”
I chuckle. “You don’t have to tell me that. I held that throne before you two.”
We sit there and she looks more and more nervous when she finally looks at me. “Did you feel bad about killing my brothers before you knew who I was? Before you realized you missed one of Benjamin’s kids, and I was mated to your son.”
I expected Calvin to be angry and ask tough questions, but not Molly. I thought we were past this.
“No,” I tell her honestly because as screwed up as our relationship is, I’ve always been honest with her. “I th
