ALAN POV
Walking away from Amber felt like stabbing myself in the heart with silver. Every step I took was a betrayal, an unbearable distance growing between me and the one person I wanted to protect above all else.
Lying to Aaron and Alek had been just as painful. Telling them I had to give a full report to Delta Arold instead of the truth—it wasn’t something I wanted to do. But I had no choice.
I had to protect my brothers. I had to protect my mate.
They were my entire f*****g world, and I wasn’t going to let our father ruin it.
I followed Delta Arold down the hall, my shoulders tense, my mind racing. Discovering both my father and beta Mattew just snapped out of their coma in the blink of an eye was… weird… at least… And then he… he’d told me that our father seemed *strange
