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Chapter 0649

Nina

I couldn't contain the storm of emotions that was raging inside of me.

To think that my own father distrusted my judgment so much that he would hire a spy to follow me around made me feel almost sick, and furthermore, it made me begin to question everything I had seen or heard recently.

I kept thinking back on recent instances, such as the yellow-eyed wolf that I saw on the road that one night, the burglar, even the strange woman with the glowing eyes that I thought I had seen in the city.

But it didn't matter who it was exactly; not at the moment, at least. What mattered was that my privacy had been breached, and my better judgment had been challenged.

I felt as though my father saw me as an invalid, someone who couldn't be trusted to handle herself. Or like I was a naughty child who needed her parents to monitor everything.

As I made my way down the corridors, still wearing my party dress, a cool breeze flowing in through an open balcony caught my attention. With a sigh, I stepped through the double doors and onto the patio, where the scent of pine coming off of the nearby forest filled my

senses.

I leaned against the cool stone railing. My tears had already begun spilling down my cheeks during my mad dash, and my father's words echoed in my mind, each one like a dagger digging deeper and deeper in my heart.

The weight of his revelation, the fact that he had been spying on me, overwhelmed me. I had thought I knew him, that I could trust him and that he could trust me, but this news shook the foundation of my understanding. The tears flowed freely as I grappled with the anger, betrayal, and confusion that were swirling inside of me.

been so careless that my own father needed to spy on me? Or was this just all part and parcel to the stipulations of being, as my father had said, the one and only heir to the

I thought I was alone in my misery, I felt a hand gently coming to rest on my shoulder.

"Mom..."

pulled me into a warm embrace, letting me cry against her shoulder. I let myself sink into her arms as I

she finally said, her

on her shoulder. "It's not your fault,

wash over me along with the cool nighttime

as mature about some things as

different story. "I just wish he would have talked to me," I blurted out.

just worried about you, Nina," she said gently as she rubbed my back in large circles. "He wants to keep you,

to the surface once again. "But that's not fair," I said. "Someone who

my mother said. "But you're young, and you're stubbom. Think about what you did with Tyler the other day.

although true, cut deep. I stepped away, extricating myself from her arms, and turned back to face the landscape that lay in front

hesitation, "you're a brilliant young woman, but there are just some things that you don't understand yet. I know it's hard, finding out that

and I, that our pack, doesn't deserve respect. You were a member of the Peacekeepers when you were my age; you should understand that we're not

mother's expression grew distant, and for a few moments, she seemed lost in her memories before she finally spoke. "The Peacekeepers fell apart for a reason, Nina," she said quietly.

not like that," I insisted. "My friends and I, we've faced unimaginable challenges, we've

mine, and there was a sadness in them that