I hate everyone in this mess except Lily and Kaiden, at least until chapter 45. Duke and Hella are abusive parents who abandoned their own son; any attempt to relativize this with flimsy excuses is absurd. They had no problem having another daughter, so clearly he could have communicated with his mother through magic or gone to her. Furthermore, nothing prevented his parents from being loving towards him. To make matters worse, his mother only went back in time because she wants to return to Earth, even if it means using and abandoning her own son again. But all of this is forgotten halfway through the chapter. Isabella gets her revenge while all of Kaiden's equally heavy pain is ignored. Duke and Hella should suffer just like the Count. It's just another poorly written story by a ridiculous author who minimizes parental abuse.
I hate everyone in this mess except Lily and Kaiden, at least until chapter 45. Duke and Hella are abusive parents who abandoned their own son; any attempt to relativize this with flimsy excuses is absurd. They had no problem having another daughter, so clearly he could have communicated with his mother through magic or gone to her. Furthermore, nothing prevented his parents from being loving towards him. To make matters worse, his mother only went back in time because she wants to return to Earth, even if it means using and abandoning her own son again. But all of this is forgotten halfway through the chapter. Isabella gets her revenge while all of Kaiden's equally heavy pain is ignored. Duke and Hella should suffer just like the Count. It's just another poorly written story by a ridiculous author who minimizes parental abuse.