Xaden POV
The moment Father caught sight of his mate standing in the doorway, glowering with an uncharacteristic rage that was rarely seen in her, he lost his cold, callous composure as alpha. All of a sudden, the only thing the man before me saw was his wife.
“Leonora—”
“What in Goddesses’ name are you saying, Arlan?” Mother snapped, barging further into the room. “Do you even understand who it is you speak so poorly of?”
I was floored. In all my years, I had never seen her react with such ferocity.
Considering everything, however, I couldn’t help but heave a heavy sigh of relief. If there was anyone in this world who could talk some sense through that thick, impervious skull of his… anyone who could make him see how irrationally and ignorantly he was behaving, it could only have be
