HINA'

ighting to keep my f

ed into her innocent persona, speaking with deliberate softness:

n satisfaction, clearly a

ike a blade against my heart. This photograph-the sole one they'd

gaze, smiling, "Have yo

linked: "Yeah, h

ords of children's wrongdoings. When a child destroys something precious to someone else and refu

hang, watching Wi

xt?" His voice c

and, feeding it to his reindeer. Those reindeer particularly

ng sound. William's comp

leed endlessly. Blood will shoot from their wrist

Rose called

to the other woman. "That will be Lu

Luna!" She

oing to be the Alpha. As his wife, that make

with sickening satisfaction

on, "You'll never grasp anything again, never t

bbing loudly, "Mommy! Mommy!

r face hardening: "Seraphina! Terrifyin

her stare, "At five, he's already mastered tearin

a grown woman, battle with a small child?" Ro

promised to look after me and Mom the way Dad did.' Who plante

d her lips together: "What rubbish are you spouting... William simply misses his fath

learly, "Don't assume I'm stupid, Rose. Did you knock before entering my room? Where were you

arly not expecting the sweet Seraphiba

ays going to be one step ahead of you as his mate. In that, you have a long way

with William, saying, "I refuse to engage with y

y. "Make sure you mention he

it, my entire frame shaking. Tea

. I failed to safegu

in a container. Perhaps someone could restore it l

heard the fro

val. Predictably, minutes l

him standing there,

tone was accusatory. "Terrifying the child li

able. He hadn't even inquired about the

e of what he

Caspian's brow creased. "Did you need to frighten him with such horrifying descriptions? He'

he photograph fragments from the drawer and emptying it onto the

each torn into minuscule pi

, inspecting the fragments cl

possessed only one family photograph before their deaths, the sole one in

s this severe... but William is young, he genuinely might not grasp this photog

Thornley, money can't purchase everything. This ph

eyond compensation?" His tone carried impatience. "Furthermore, you g

suddenly realizing dis

tracting two documents from the drawer. "Since

before flipping straight to the final page: "W

ike that," I

first document's end, then seized the second

back onto the table. "Stop fright

ing, he mov

enly called out: "

brow wrinkling sli

an had once been my husband, the man I'd

nded my arms and embraced him. His body went rigid

" His voice sounde

th. This might be my final time holding him this way. F

eventually lifted his hand, gentl

f us betraying our emo

ocking sounde

th fragility and hesitation. "William can't fall a

, and immediately after, he pu

eaking, he opened the door and exite

emerge, relief washed across her face: "Caspian, Willi

soothingly, "Everything's fine, Uncle's he

trailing behind. Rose glanced backward at me,

rving the three of them retreat

ned to the table, and li

ent's first page displayed promine

hough he'd signed merely a routine document. He likely never imagined he'd just signed n

nts carefully, plac

ning the divorce agreement. Throughout these thirty days, should Caspian u

I'll wait t

days, we'll proceed to the next phase, which w

f, just endure another thirty