It was not a baseless delusion.
He had indeed seen similarities in him and Cornelius, and he was not simply making an illusion in his head, out of his desperate love for Emily Lancaster...
But if that was the case... why would Emily even choose to keep the truth from him? Why would she lie again and again and tell him Cornelius was someone else's son? How hard would it be to just confess that he was a fruit of their previous passionate love?
If their deductions were wrong, however, then how cruel can the gods be? It would feel as if they were mocking him for letting Emily go before.
“Instead of pulling you out of a trance, I guess that only made you more agitated. I apologize, Alpha.”
“Whenever I am alone with people I am close with, being called Alpha sounds so wrong. Drop the honori
