Idk I think ur husband with your unborn child dying would probably still make u very vengeful even if raphiel was a replacement. I think he acted out of both pain and entitlement.
I disagree. If he had simply killed aeroc, then sure. But he didn’t, he raped and impregnated aeroc FOR YEARS, taking out his sexual desires he had for aeroc since the beginning. Saying he acted out of pain downplays how meticulous and evil all of his choices were, ofc in my opinion
As he was raping aeroc, Raphael wasn’t even an afterthought.
I think it's both and also once u start a cycle of abuse and feel like ur not getting "closure" since they never had a proper conversation between aeroc and him then one can get trapped in a vicious toxic cycle.
Also because of their lack of communication kloff kept on misinterpreted actions by aeroc.
Not having a proper conversation and having a lack their of is not on aeroc, only on kloff. This man was getting abused, he obviously can’t speak back to kloff without getting beaten.
He did not get “get trapped” he put himself in this situation. He didn’t have to rape aeroc and impregnate him, and insinuating he did it out of “pain for Raphael” is so weird. Especially since Raphael hates harming others and pain in general, further proving that kloff never gaf about Raphael. I’m not saying he wasn’t traumatized from seeing Raphael dead, but raping aeroc and getting him pregnant had NOTHING to do with Raphael.
Not pain for Raphael but pain at the situation and a desire for revenge or vengeance. Revenge can trap one in a cycle of abuse especially since he had full control over aeroc. I agree the better solution that I would agree with is to have just killed Aeroc.
Kloff’s obsession wasn’t rooted in grief, it was a fetish, a sick desire directed wholly toward Aeroc. He convinced himself it was justified because he viewed Aeroc as inherently evil and couldn’t tolerate the fact that he was an alpha. So he set out to break him, to force him into the role of an omega by impregnating him multiple times. Later in the novel, when it’s revealed that Aeroc had been an omega all along and Kloff’s actions had nothing to do with it, Kloff cries, realizing every atrocity he committed was for nothing.
None of this was ever about Raphael. Kloff tortured, violated, and impregnated Aeroc repeatedly because he was obsessed with the idea of reshaping him into what he thought Aeroc should be. In his mind, Aeroc deserved it; in reality, it was fixation, sexual fetishization, and control disguised as justification.
And we see this consistently in the story, with kloff hatred towards alphas being in love with one another and even initiating violence towards it. This is why he chooses Raphael in timeline 1, because it would be a much easier life with him being an omega plus it was obvious raph was in love him even if Kloff didn’t feel the same.
Thank you for this. I wholeheartedly agree.
Ofc ofc! It’s honestly wild seeing how many people still defend Kloff. Like, when did we stop agreeing that rape is never justifiable? The idea of someone saying, “Yeah, I raped and impregnated him because I was grieving and in pain and thirsty for vengeance,” and people treating that as valid is insane. You wouldn’t take that excuse seriously in real life, why does it suddenly make sense here?
Well in the second timeline he was ready to get with Aeroc even if he was an alpha. He came around to accepting it right before it got revealed that he was an omega.
I do agree that Kloff is twisted and went too far. A more practical solution to Aeroc's sins would not have created many years of abuse and torture.
That’s because he got to know aeroc, in the first timeline he did not. This is also a big topic in the 3rd timeline, where kloff has his memories and aeroc does not. Where he sees the real aeroc and his intelligence.
Should probably be putting spoiler warnings, my bad
A comment had a question on why people seem to hate kloff more than aeroc, and I wrote this in response, but a lot of people seem to hold the same sentiment so I’ll just post it here for others to see. This is why people like aeroc more than kloff.
People hate Kloff more than Aeroc because Aeroc acknowledges the wrong he committed. In desperation, he sent people to intimidate Raphael, trying to SCARE him away, where they then raped and killed Raphael. Aeroc never sent them to beat him up; however, Aeroc knows that it was his actions that caused Raphael to be killed, regardless, and he lives with that guilt for the rest of his life. So when Kloff subjects him to horrific abuse (rape, torture, starvation, forced pregnancy, even confining him to a shed) Aeroc never resists or speaks out. He accepts it all as the punishment he believes he deserves. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO LIKE AEROC.
If Kloff had only tortured and killed Aeroc, most people would have accepted it as vengeance, after all, Aeroc played a role in the death of Kloff’s wife and unborn child. But that isn’t what happened. And this is important to understand clearly: Kloff did not rape, torture, and force a pregnancy on Aeroc because of Raphael. He never loved Raphael. And if anyone tries to frame rape as a gesture of love or mourning, that in itself is disgusting. Kloff’s violence was intentional, rooted not in heartbreak, but in power, control, and resentment for Aeroc being an alpha. He didn’t act out of pain; he acted out of desire, entitlement, and the satisfaction of finally dominating Aeroc without consequence and treating him like an omega.
Kloff did what he did because Aeroc wasn’t an omega, and now he finally had the opportunity to make him one. Every act was deliberate, calculated, and intentionally cruel. He wasn’t spiraling or unstable, he was in control. The only point where his sanity could be questioned is after Aeroc’s death, not before.