"Jayden..." Ryan trailed watching his Omega grandson cautiously. The boy had pinned him a cadaverous glare and the retired Alpha knew he couldn't lie. Not to this specific grandson anyway, he was too smart and perceptive to be easily fooled. "Yes," he admitted softly.
"Why?" Jayden asked in confusion. He had only heard the part where his grandfather had confessed to never being there when their mother was born. He just didn't understand why he would do that to his family. Jayden may look and behave like Rhey but he very well believed in, mates and happily ever afters.
"I was a fool," Ryan admitted sitting on the steps. Jayden sat beside him. "I regret it every day."
"It's okay," Jayden offered hating to see his grandfather sad. "You came back to them."
Ryan gazed at the child. He was
