Romulus stared at his nephew in mild irritation. The boy was a talented Alchemist, to be sure, but when it came to his siblings he had little talent in anything. He sighed as Niall’s eyes widened in shock at his statement.

Now do you understand why Mac was so angry? He snapped. I understand why she stays away from Danny, he’s too much like that bastard. But if you don’t pull your head out of your entitled ass, you’re going to go down the same road as him.

Romulus stood over the boy. Of all of the siblings, he was by far the shortest though Mac wasn’t far above him in height. Romulus sighed and stumbled back to the cot, all the fight draining out of him.

Uncle, no one has ever told us why Mac and Iri went to live with you in Scotland.

Romulus sighed again.

I really thought that was obvious after that bastard kidnapped and tortured Iri. I mean you saw what he did to her.

How the fuck is it obvious? We know nothing about her or Mac! All we know is what you and mum have told us and even that’s a scant amount!

And the ritual your mum forced her to participate in?

Why does the fucking ritual matter? Iri agreed to it. If she wants to blame someone for things going wrong then she can blame Mac.

Romulus stared at his nephew’s callousness towards his sisters. He hadn’t missed the involuntary, partially concealed flinch when Mac mentioned Iri’s aversion to returning to headquarters. With the way both Laochlain and Danny treated her, it was no wonder she wanted to stay away. Not to mention Danny was a regular whore. He fucked pretty much anything on two legs whether they had a cock or a pussy. Though he seemed to prefer those with a cock between their legs than those with a pussy. And he liked to flaunt his fucks in front of the entire organization.