Alaric’s POV:

“My father died, and you continued to live your life of lies with your family. Your wife, your daughters. Fuck, I fell for your sister-in-law, not even knowing she was related to you.”

Finding out that he was related to Clarissa—the only person I could feel—was the last fucking straw. I was twenty years old when I made the decision to frame Clint Russell. If I didn’t frame him, I was going to kill him.

And so, I found the gun I shot my father with, wiped every ...