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Emotions…
So many emotions were running through Zaydem's head as he made his way to the alpha king’s estate, from Eryna finding out about his well-kept secret to hearing about Vidalgo's outburst about him mating Eryna.
He knew for one that he hardly met eye to eye with the king—yes, the king, not his father. Varagon never acted like one to him, especially after pushing his mom aside and rejecting her for an arranged betrothal that left his mother to die from heartbreak.
She had spent her days cooped up in their house, reading the book of poems and supposed love letters that Varagon sent his mother, but he never visited; he believed love made people weak and do stupid things.
And he voiced his desire to climb the upper ranks of the oval by himself with no help, which he did. He was
