EDWARD’S POV
“I told you.” His voice comes out strained but controlled. “I didn’t think it mattered.”
“That’s a lie.”
“Edward—”
“That’s a lie and you know it!” I drag him closer. “This has nothing to do with friendship. You came up with that because it sounds believable.”
The guards shift but don’t advance.
My father says nothing.
[Make him answer] Zyrax snarls. [Put him in pain. If anything happens because of whatever secret he’s hiding, you’ll be a better Alpha than he ever was.]
“Explain why all of you hid this from me.” I squeeze tighter and he struggles to breathe.
“I just told you.”
Bullshit.
I tighten my grip.
“Why then?” The question tears out of me. “Why that month? Why when I bonded Zyrax? Why when everything in my life went to hell?”
The words keep coming, years of
