Khai's pov
After the guards had taken Robert away, I stood in the living room for a moment longer than I needed to.
After a while, I returned to my office and sent for Shark. While I waited, I turned everything over in my mind, laying it out piece by piece the way I always did when a situation had too many loose ends.
Robert showing up the same week Daisy arrived was not something I was willing to chalk up to bad timing. Nothing about my brother had ever been accidental.
Shark appeared at the door within minutes, stepping inside and closing it behind him without being told to. He had been doing that since we were young, knowing without asking when a conversation needed four walls around it.
“Alpha!” he called out, bringing my attention to his presence.
“Robert has already left?” he
