"We asked for your presence severally and our invitations were always slapped back on our faces. We tried to visit, but we would only meet your grandma and she would tell us that you are out, working." His father spoke up when they were finally settled around the dining. Kenji's stomach growled. His mother had said twenty minutes, but it was now forty.

"My apologies, Mr. Lockwood. I've truly been very busy." Alpha Lake replied. Kenji looked around the room with a rather bored ...