Drake's POV

The council had spoken, and the weight of the decision remained upon my mind. I watched Emily walk away with Philip and anger began bubbling in my gut. How could this have been allowed to get to this point? How did I allow it to get this out of hand? The woman that I loved, being pulled from me. She was being forced to live with a man whom I despised. And Lia, Lia, who had brought all this chaos upon me, was standing here with a child, saying that it was mine.

I turned my head towards her, my eyes blazing with anger. "Lia, get out of...