Lilith pov

“Kael, do you want to be beta?”

That had been my question when the decree stated that the beta position would be transferred to Kael’s family simply because Father had no son.

That day, someone had come to read out the decree and present Kael’s family with the beta seal. I had been there. Everyone was happy—everyone had a reaction except Kael.

I had been happy for him too.

Despite the fact that I had lost Father just a few months earlier, it was good news for ...