Hailey's POV:
"I'd really like to get to know you, Hailey. And I understand that it may all be a lot for you right now, but I'm also sure that my, no, our father wants to get to know you, too. I always thought he was having a hard time dealing with the pressure that his positions of Alpha and King came with. After what I heard yesterday, I think it has more to do with him wasting his chance at real love, at fated love. He isn't good at showing emotions, let alone talking about them, but he isn't inhumane either. Aiden must have told you that too, since he's been pretty much one of the family for the last 7 years."
"We share blood, but he's not my father, Chris. My father is waiting, an 8-hour drive from here, for me. Blood doesn't make you a father, that makes you a parent. You become
