LORD DRAKE’S POVMy eyes burned red.“You stand in my house calling Adrian Alpha behind Lucian’s back?”“A mistake…” Orion had said shakily. “I was trying to protect the bloodline.”“How long, Orion… have you been betraying me?” I pressed, trying to force the truth out of him.Orion slowly lifted his head and smiled.“I never betrayed you, my lord. I simply believe Alpha Lucian should not rule alone.” His voice remained calm. Steady. “I believe the twins are stronger together.”___Orion’s words refused to leave me.Three nights had passed, yet I could still hear it.I had let him go that day because, suddenly, it didn’t feel like Orion had betrayed me. It felt like he had never believed in one heir. Never believed in separation. Unlike me, who had separated my two sons.Instead, Orion had spent all these years protecting them both, believing they were meant to rule in unity.Yet even after years as my most trusted man, even if his reasons seemed pure, unease still sat heavily in my c
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