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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.

spy on me? Or was this just all part and parcel to the stipulations of being, as my father had said, the one

I felt a hand gently coming to rest on my shoulder. Startled, I whipped around to see my mother standing there, her eyes filled with understanding and

"Mom..."

me cry against her shoulder. I let myself sink into her arms as I cried, needing the comfort that only a

have spoken to you like that," she finally said, her voice

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

to wash over me along with the cool nighttime breeze. Maybe my father had been right,

as mature about some things as I could

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

about you, Nina," she said gently as she rubbed my back in large circles. "He wants to keep you, Enzo, and your future child

away from her embrace, and my anger began to bubble up to the surface once again. "But that's not fair," I said. "Someone who 'cares' wouldn't send spies after his daughter. He should

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

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

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

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

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. "We were all too inexperienced to lead,

that," I insisted. "My friends and I, we've faced unimaginable challenges,

was a sadness in them that