Given the topic's seriousness and how close it was to Liam's heart, his brain didn't connect the glare to its actual reasons. When Uriah stood and approached him, he braced for a battle to the death with a high-stage branching expert he didn't want to hurt.
"Dark Wanderer, Black Qi, Liam, or whatever," Uriah growled when he stopped face-to-face with Liam. "Did you dare to get my daughter pregnant?! Before formally marrying her?! Before begging me for the privilege of dedicating your unworthy life to my beautiful flower's happiness?!"
Liam didn't even blink. He had basically conditioned his brain to shut down at the first whiff of that family's shenanigans, but he fought his training to force words out.
"I haven't?" Liam responded, but his survival instincts suddenly screamed.
