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Seventy-Eight: Oliver
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Oliver's P.O.V.
The restraint I had been holding onto vanished as soon as Lana and Maddie were out of sight. I tried to keep my voice low so they wouldn't hear me, but it was difficult when all I wanted to do was yell at the man before me.
"Would you like to explain why she called you Grandpa?" I asked, my fingers digging into my legs as I resisted the urge to yell at him.
"She is your mate's child. Why would she not call me grandpa?" My father glanced down at Adeline's hand as she grabbed his, and I knew from the clipped way he responded that she was helping to keep him civil.
As the previous Alpha, he hated when people talked back to him, questioned him, and disrespected him. I knew the feeling. Having him near me was disrespectful enough, but the way he had insulted my mate and overstepped with my daughter had me seeing red.
The difference between us was that he was no longer Alpha. He carried the blood, just as I did, but he ha
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