Chapter 107

~Athena

I raised a brow, wondering what it could be. He searched my eyes for a moment before saying the words as though they were heavy in his mouth, "It was all my fault. I betrayed your mother."

I blinked as I tried to make sense of what my father had said. He betrayed my mum?

He waited, hoping for me to say something, but I was tongue-tied. I didn't know how to respond or what to say.

He drew in a long breath and continued, "I was in love with your mother growing up. I was an Alpha, and she was an Omega. We were just two young lovebirds totally smitten with each other," he smiled painfully as though he was reminiscing about the past.

"When it was time for me to become the crown prince, as an only child, my father gave me an ultimatum. He told me to either marry your mother and be disowned by him or marry the woman of his choosing, an Alpha's daughter, and become his heir," he lowered his head in shame, and I already knew which choice he made.

I felt bad for him. That was a cruel th