Malrik POV

“My father might’ve had reason to end those people,” Ansel said softly, “but he doesn’t have the capacity for that kind of destruction. He isn’t wired that way. He’s… peaceful. That’s why he left the family.”

I stayed quiet, listening as he eased back, his gaze drifting somewhere far off. “There was a distant cousin back then who kept pushing him to revive his grandfather’s kingdom the old Moonchild line. He refused. Said he didn’t want to play king. The ...