Ivan
I can't do this.
Luke and I discussed the plan, and everyone agreed it would work, but there was one thing everyone failed to consider.
We were asking Nefra to relive the past three years compressed into months.
'I'm a monster.'
No one should allow their mate to do this.
'It's for Penelope, that's why we're doing this.'
I never wanted my pup to meet her sperm donor. Someday, we'd need to tell her the truth, but he'd never have her. For that to happen, no one can doubt that she's my biological pup.
There were ways to bind her to me. The same way Vince was blood family even though he wasn't, but it wouldn't take away her connection to the bastard.
Then, there was the part I hadn't thought of, but Luke had.
Politics.
That will always be the most dangerous thing we do.
'It'd be different if we had a seat at the table.'
'That doesn't matter now.'
But it did, and I can't deny that.
