[Lilia]

He could end this now. He could talk to Ronan and hope to change his mind. The bastard told me once that he cared for Pa, and he respects him as he was the one that took care of him and pulled him out of the gutter.

Guards surged inside right behind him, circling around us with their weapons drawn, most of them pointing at Kael and the rest at Ronan.

“Ronan!” Pa barked out furiously. His eyes fixed on me with perplexity. “What do you think you’re doing!? Get that gun away from ...