~ CASIMIR ~
My father stared at me, power crackling and boiling in the air behind him.
I rushed to soothe his suspicions, raising my hands in surrender, which was the only kind of submission he'd accept.
"No, no, Dad! I just meant, that's the hierarchy-if the male dies, the Alpha female is supposed to be the one who leads until the next Alpha takes the-"
"And what do you think it does to her if she believes that's her due? What would you do if you knew that with one step you could snap my neck and take it all for yourself? Would that increase your loyalty, Casimir? Or would you seek to destroy me?" he asked in a quiet, cold tone that turned my blood to ice.
The point was valid and he knew it. I was fighting to be chosen Heir. My loyalty right now was to my father, because if he selected me his power would assist me in dominating my siblings to win the throne after his death. But if they were all gone? If it was just him and me, and I held all the power of the Heir?
