Now, as he stood here, he felt more like an eavesdropping outsider.
Ever since returning from the Godsbane Mountains, though Luna had forgiven him on the surface, her attitude toward him was clearly not as it was before—so much colder and more distant, lacking the previous intimacy.
Corbin Crowley, Rhys Blackwood, Soren Phoenix, and Malachi Arcanus didn't exactly treat him like air, but their attitudes were frosty.
Unless there was something important, they basically wouldn't talk to him.
They all kept their guard up around him.
Ironically, it was Zeke Veridian who'd still throw the occasional jab—though the words were harsh, he was the only one in the house willing to talk to him.
It was honestly pretty ironic.
But he knew he'd brought this on himself—manipulating both Malachi Arcanus, Mael Valerius, and Corbin Crowley at once; he deserved whatever came his way.
It was already a blessing from the heavens that he could stay in this family and even had a daughter, Zora.
