Chapter 33: His Claim

Zion’s P.O.V.

“Why did you both not attend the wedding reception boy "His father's angry voice rang out the phone.

"Laurel isn't quite in the right state of mind to attend any gatherings"He says sternly dreading the other bitter part of why he had called his father.

"Zion, is there something you aren't telling us, because it seems we are missing something"He says coldly, obviously the way Laurel had kissed him during the wedding had surprised not only his parents but his guests.

He was supposed to be her protector and not her real husband.

"This issue is quite a sensitive one, and it's complicated"He says.

“Hell, boy,” his father said. “I have time for complicated.”

Funny, because he rarely seemed to have time for anything but indulgence, but now that there was a hint of a scandal, he had time. He banished that thought.

“It will not make you happy,” he said, and something dark and gleeful rose up inside of him.

“Don’t tell me the babies are not Hermes” his father said with a tone of