This was why the Alpha King and Queen treated Mila with such compassion—not just out of love, but also out of sorrow and pity. She was family, after all. She carried their blood, and in their eyes, she had done nothing to deserve the pain life had forced upon her.
Though they didn't fully understand what had gone so wrong between her parents, or how her father and mother had ended up in such a destructive bond, one thing was clear: Mila shouldn't have been made to suffer for their mistakes. She had been caught in the crossfire of their slow-burning war, and the royal couple had no intention of letting her carry the weight of that torment alone.
They empathized with her plight. And so, they chose to protect her.
