Chapter 35

AVERY

My body grows heavy before my head and heart do. Unable to believe it, I shake my head repeatedly.

“ I saw Amelia. Aleister said she is his half-sister and she is alive! ”

“ That’s because Amelia’s mother ran away from the South before she was born. We didn’t find her for a long time and when Leister did, your brother made a deal to save her. ” He states, as a matter of fact, a bitter look crossing his eyes.

A lump forms in my throat and for the first time, I am glad that Dustin protected Amelia and didn’t let Aleister kill her. She didn’t deserve to have a family like this.

“ How did the previous King let Aleister kill his brothers? How does a father do that? ” I whisper.

Why am I even surprised? Maybe, I was not expecting things to be the same here. Perhaps, I thought a strong Kingdom like the South would have people who didn’t lust for their family’s blood.

“ Leister’s father? ” The bitterness in Draven’s eyes becomes full-blown hate, “ He killed two of his elder sons