Lincoln balled his hands against the table.
"I met her mother first. Adriana. We fell in love. But then Sage met her. He fell in love with her as well. The thing is, she didn't love him. She told him more times than I could count that she didn't love him. But you see the problem was… Sage was obsessed with her. He knew he was better than I in every way and that he could have her if he persisted. And that was of course against her will. I tried to reason with him so many times. She doesn't love you, why are you doing this?"
"But my brother…" Lincoln swallowed. "He was just… obsessed with her in a way that frightened her. He wanted her to be his no matter what it took. Mind you, he already had his first wife who was Preston, Lyra, and Brandon's mother. She was heartbroken, knowing the man she loved was completely head over heels for another woman."
