Chapter 11

Ramon POV

The implications hit me like a physical blow. If the neighborhood believed Lake had been impregnated by his own father, if they thought Ollie was the product of incest rather than simply another one of Samuel’s abandoned children...

It explained so much. The protective way Lake held himself around alphas. The fear I’d sensed in him that went beyond normal omega caution. The absolute devotion to Ollie that bordered on obsession.

If Lake had been abused by his father, if he’d been forced to witness Samuel’s treatment of other omegas, if the entire neighborhood believed he’d been victimized in the most horrible way possible...

“You’re wrong,” I said, though even as I spoke the words, I wasn’t entirely certain. “Ollie is Samuel’s son by a different omega.”

Thomas Wayne laughed again, the sound wet and ugly. “Believe what you want, man. But I’ve seen them together. That’s not a brother taking care of his sibling. That’s a mama protecting his