Chapter 140

Edric's POV:

I knock on my dad’s door, my heart beating wildly with apprehension. “What do you want?” he calls out.

Sighing, I push the door open and step inside. “Dad. Are you drunk?”

“Not yet. Unfortunately.” I sit on the edge of his bed, watching as he walks over to his bar on the other side of the room and pours himself two fingers of whiskey. “Do you want some?”

“It’s not even twelve yet.”

Joshua shrugs, takes the bottle from the bar, and plops down in an armchair. “It’s happy hour somewhere.”

“Dad. Why are you doing this to yourself?”

He empties his glass and pours more whiskey. “Why shouldn’t I do it? My pack was ripped from me, all my dreams for your future has been destroyed, and to top it off, you defied my orders and let that…thing live, because that little slut of yours wanted him.”

I grip my thighs tightly, focusing on the way my nails cut through my jeans and into my skin as I try to keep the anger at bay. “She’s my mate. Don’t talk about her like that.”

“Then ag