-- Alexander --

"You have crossed a line." I said as my voice trembled with anger.

My mother who stood in the centre of my office didn't flinch at my tone, she didn't even blink. She just stood there, arms folded with a rigid posture as the cold matriarch she has always been.

"Leo is my grandson," Her words were measured and deliberate. "He belongs in the Kingston family."

Her words sent my mind reeling. I glared as I launched myself to my full height. "Leo stays with his mother," I snapped. "And you had no right to serve Grizelda custody papers without my blessing. What were you thinking?"

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