Caesar's POV

My father's death was the most confusing moment of my life. After a lifetime of manipulation and choices that had destroyed everything around him, I thought I would be ready. I imagined that, when the end finally came, I would feel nothing but the burden of paperwork and handle the details with cold efficiency.

But I was wrong.

When I entered the morgue beside August, the metallic smell and artificial cold hit me like a punch. In the silence of that room, the body lying there