KAI POV
I found my mother in her private quarters, packing with sharp, angry movements. She didn't look up when I entered, just continued folding expensive clothes like she was on vacation instead of being exiled.
"You can't be serious about this." Her voice was cold. "Exiling your own mother over that omega and her brats."
"Those brats are your grandchildren." I closed the door behind me. "And yes, I'm serious. You threatened them. You orchestrated Elara's abuse for years. You admitted it, Mother. Admitted you made a child's life hell and thought you were doing her a favor."
"I kept her alive!" She whirled to face me. "Do you think the Council would have let a True Alpha live if they'd known what she was? They would have killed her as a child, Kai. I saved her life by keeping her weak
