~Caius~ Having my brothers as an obstacle to being with the love of my life? That was easy. I could handle them even in my sleep. They were too predictable. But this… this wasn’t something I could fight. Because how do you win when the enemy is her mother? I couldn’t even blame my father for not showering his new wife with enough attention to keep her out of our business. I guess the honeymoon phase had ended, and now she had the time and the audacity to play moral guardian. And I get it, to a point. Protect your daughter, guide her, all that. But telling me I’m an “abomination” for loving Valeria? That’s where I draw the line. Who cares if people talk? Let them talk. They always do anyway. I was sitting alone on the back porch of the pack estate, the kind of quiet spot nobody ever

