Athaliah didn't give much of a damn about her father. Her mother was the one who mattered most.
"Alpha Voren, I understand where you stand, but please, be merciful. Not for me or my father, but for my mother. She won't be able to take it if anything happens to my father."
"And you think Sera can take it if anything happens to Espe?"
The sharp edge of annoyance cut clear through Voren's voice. Corvine stood there at the end of his rope, every muscle tight.
Esperanza meant just as much to him, and if the roles were flipped, he knew he'd probably tear the whole world apart the same way.
The only problem was that the man at the center of this mess was about to become his father-in-law. Still, he was learning more from Voren every day, so he kept quiet and watched how his Alpha would handle it.
