58

CALIFF

“Your dad knew that you were not his, but he loved you like his own till his last breath,” Alexander, her grandfather, said.

“How did you know?”

“He came to me, blaming Sebastien. They fought on that ground. He almost killed your father. Maybe at that time, Sebastien surrendered and admitted his mistake. I never saw your father again, but his body was brought to me.”

“Why Sebastien doesn’t have a family or children?”

“He believes his mate was your mother, considering she was mated to his twin. He has this belief that the goddess gave them one mate to share, but your dad didn’t think that way. His rage had taken him to do what he did. And here you are.”

“How did they meet?” Shadow was so engrossed with the story of her parents from his grandfather that she forgot she had a date today.

“They met here in Italy. Sebastien saw her first, but Samuel had the courage to approach her. Sebastien has been like this— focused, workaholic, uptight, but your dad was the opposite because he kn