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I can’t believe this After they spat in our face in our very own house, he wants to call theotiate It’s insane It’s cowardly

My father can see the mutiny in my eyes

“Give me your phone,” he says He waits, hand outstretched, until I give it to him It was in my pocket when I jumped in the lake, so it’s useless anyway

“I’ to contact Enzo Gallo,” he repeats “You will stay here until I send for you You won’t speak to anyone You won’t call anyone You won’t step foot outside this house Do you understand me?”

“You’re grounding rown man, father Don’t be ridiculous”

He takes off his glasses so his pale blue eyes can bore all the way into my soul

“You are my eldest child and my only son, Callum,” he says “But I promise you, if you disobey me, I will cut you out, root and branch I have no use for you if you can’t be trusted I will strike you down like Icarus if your ambition outstrips your orders Do you understand?”

Every cell ofenius and shove it right up his ass

But thisto me—without the if I’m not a Griffin

So I have to nodto his orders

Inside I’

I don’t knohen or how But if so to explode

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Aida

My brothers are down in the base up Or at least, Dante and Nero are Sebastian is still at the hospital with my father His knee is fucked, that much is certain Ribs are broken, too I can’t bear the look of misery on his face His season is ruined Possibly the rest of his career God, he ht after this