I gave a gasp, my eyes wide. "What?"
He chuckled, but I could see the tears that filled his eyes. The tears he could not bring himself to let out.
"What do you mean?" I asked, cupping his face.
"My father and... Tyler's mother. They finally did her in. My father... he was only a gamma. My mother was the one who held the alpha's seat agyer her father died. They got married, Happy family. But... dad had anotbwr family, with a don who was two years younger than I am."
"Tyler."
He smiled, leaning closer. Maybe it helped him not to see my eyes. Maybe it helped for him to bury himself in my skin, but I let him do it.
"The woman started to become greedy, and dad obliged her. She wanted her son to become alpha. Not me. Since mum had been the only heir, she gave Father the alpha's seal but he
