MIRIAM
*29 years ago*
“What happened was pretty messed up,” Lance said one afternoon, grabbing a snack while I sat at the kitchen table, doing my homework.
"Just promise me when you're alpha, you won't ever sleep with any of your kids' chemistry partners!" I blurted out.
"I'd never be unfaithful to my mate," he replied, taking a seat across from me. "Look, I don't agree with everything Dad does."
“You sure had me fooled. You're like his little puppy the way you follow him around."
He wrinkled his nose in annoyance. "Do not."
I snorted. “Please. When’s the last time you didn’t do exactly what he told you to?”
He sighed. “It’s just easier that way. You know how Dad is.”
Yeah. I knew.
Our dad was brutal, and it was always safer to obey than to push back. Because the alternative
