"What are you doing down there?" Lycus opened his eyes. His voice was rough and deep.
A little head pokes from under the bed. Althea pushed her strawberry hair to the back and glared at him. Her violet eyes glowed in the dark. She crossed her arms and accused him, "You're a bad guy!"
He supported his arm on the bed while turning to face her, which caused the blanket to fall over his torso. Then, his tense muscles tightened when Barbara swiftly clutched him from behind. But, Lycus kept his crystalline eyes locked on hers. The little girl was agitated but insisted that she would not yield.
She pointed at his nose, "You make Barbara cry every day. Bad guy! Bad guy!"
Althea was an innocent little girl. She suspected Lycus had abused Barbara since she heard her screaming and crying from the
