Why is his dad being a dick again?
He’s always been like that. Etienne’s mom assaulted the emperor to conceive him. He hated house Herace and never wanted to marry the empress.
He basically lumped Etienne in with them and left him to their mercy, then gets pissed that Etienne isn’t perfect.
He only started being cordial with him once Etienne started helping to destroy house Herace. His understanding is only as much as Etienne’s usefulness to him.
His mother was correct when she told him that if his father found out he was an omega, he would have sold him off to a far away and powerful noble to get rid of him and put Rishar on the throne.







Author played us good in the beginning. I held my breaty for like the first 2 pages xD