~Rylan’s pov~
My brothers have never looked more in sync than they did the moment I asked for their help. I was not expecting the level of trauma Aspen unloaded on me. I wish I could have been back there. I would have butchered her family, but when I asked for her permission to kill them now, she said no. Revenge isn’t on her mind.
She said I couldn’t kill her family, but I can kill her uncle. She doesn’t know if he’s still alive, and that’s when I saw my opportunity. When she sat me down, she tried to explain why she was so upset.
I know she didn’t tell me everything. She told me a vague version of how she grew up, but she graphically went into her harassment.
The words that made me so grateful that I am a barbarian are running around in my head.
‘Sometimes I think I was okay with b
