"Calm down, kids. I'm a warrior, I was just passing through," Kai said gently, his voice strained with an effort not to scare them. But he was never truly around them, even Org and Rail, his godsons spent time with others rather than him. "You didn't tell me... who is your mother?"
The girl hushed her brother and stepped forward, her golden eyes bright with an innocent pride. "Our mother is Reneira D'Orient. And our father is Alpha Coran."
Kai's heart dropped like a stone. What did she just say?
"Wait," he asked, his voice hoarse, barely steady. "Wasn't she married to Kaisun Al-Gathiran?"
The girl nodded, almost casually. "He died in the Gods' prison. How do you not know that?"
Kai stared at them, a strange ringing in his ears. His thoughts blurred and twisted in disbelief. So this was the future? A future where he was already dead, and Ren had married his Beta. It could only mean one thing: an alliance, a forced unity between their clans. A bitter, necessary sacrifice.
