Chapter 435

Alaric

Theo's face went blank for a second. Processing. Then his eyes widened, shifting from Evelina to me and back again.

"King Alaric is my dad?"

"Yes."

"Like, for real? Not pretend?"

"For real."

Theo stared at me, his small face serious in a way that looked wrong on a four-year-old. "You're my dad?"

I cleared my throat, pushing past the tightness there. "Yeah, buddy. I am."

"So why weren't you