Colton’s POV
As unfortunate as it may sound, I have never really hated my father until now, and I’m not even sure how I feel about my mother anymore.
I remember the time the old man threw Rhea into a thistle bush, and I remember the pained sounds she made as she struggled to get out. I also remember him knocking me unconscious, but I didn’t know what happened after that.
Apparently, my father mind-linked my mother, who must have already been on the territory. He made her tell Rhea that if she spoke a word about what happened, I would die, and they used my lifeless body as proof that our ‘closeness’ was ‘poison.’
Rhea says that she was given a command, which can be stronger for children, so she actually kept quiet. She then said that, after a while, she started to believe sh
