Alexander
The quietness that descended upon the room after the announcement was deafeningly loud. Walter’s eyes were blown wide in shock as he gaped at me. It was the first emotion he had shown me aside from hostility and distrust. It was interesting. I knew I should have felt sorry for Aryana, who was also in a stupor from how blatant my delivery was, but I didn’t see the point in delaying matters. The quicker everything was out, the faster we could get over it.
Slowly, Walter’s eyes moved to stare at his daughter. I continued eating my lasagna while waiting to see what he would say. I didn’t know what to think of Walter. Our first meeting hadn’t left a good impression of him on me, even though I knew it was logical that he would foremost care about his daughter. He first looked at me w
