AXEL

"Boys! The throne room, immediately!"

I knew I had triggered my dad by being so openly disobedient to him. But I was not moved. I would stand up to him over and over if it was the only way to make him understand that I was no longer a kid. I would do anything to prove to him that I'm not the teenager he used to order around and speak to in demeaning words.

I needed him to know that I failed myself by letting him treat my mother so badly. Now, I had become a man and I was ready to prove ...