25. Damned Ties

Rafael's POV:

I can handle everything, but someone disrespecting my mate is something I can't bear, even if it's my father, given the potential consequences.

He even ventured to consider killing her, and his objectives are clear: he doesn't want anyone to know that I've found my mate, and before anybody does, he wants to finish killing her so that he can tell everyone that I was lying and that he had to give me my throne.

I tightened my grip around his windpipe. If I can't kill him, I can find other ways to make him suffer.

"How do you know? Did I say that out...