No heir of mine will lie with the dreck that came from her bitch of a mother, he’d screamed, coming for her. Ewan had defended her, but his father had been stronger, with six inches and a hundred pounds on him. He’d taken Ewan to the ground and left his sadistic mark on him, as she watched. And the next day, everything had been different. The boy she’d loved was gone. He’d betrayed them days later.

