Serena
I was spending time with Ari that noon.
My boy is a vibrant kid, does all the things I tell him not to more like he’s testing my patience but what more can I do, I have enough patience for him.
I stepped out of the kitchen and stopped.
Kael was on the floor. The Alpha. The Almighty
But he didn’t look like any of those things right now.
He was sitting cross-legged while Ari pulled at his hair with stubby fingers, twisting it into uneven knots.
“Don’t move,” Ari said. His little voice was fierce. “Warriors never move.”
Kael’s mouth twitched. Almost a smile. “Is that so?”
Ari nodded, tugging harder. “Hold still.”
Kael stayed still.
Didn’t complain. Didn’t scold. Didn’t snap.
Just let himself be tied up by a boy who didn’t know what his father once did to his mother.
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