Kael was instantly reminded of Diane's words from earlier.
"Mistress Sisi is young and unmarried. She may stay for the little prince—but what if she finds someone she loves someday? Would you… let her go?"
And then Jojo's quiet question echoed in his mind.
"Daddy… do you think Sisi will like another man?"
The questions had been asked so casually.
Yet they pierced Kael's heart.
Because he didn't know what he would do if Sisi chose another man.
Would he let her go? Allow her to build a new life somewhere else?
No.
If Sisi dared to leave him for another man, Kael knew he would turn the entire Roc Forest upside down to drag her back—and slaughter the bastard who touched her.
But what if she resisted?
…
Kael refused to finish that thought.
His imagination was already cruel enough.
Like a mad beast driven beyond reason, stripped of patience and restraint, Kael knew he might fall back on instinct alone.
And his instinct was never gentle.
