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Chapter 0662

Nina

I looked back and forth between my mother and my brother, feeling the weight of their hands in mine.

"You're joking," my father said, sounding just as incredulous as I felt at that moment. "You're staying here? Why?"

"Because she's my daughter," my mother said, narrowing her eyes. "Blood or not, she's mine. I won't give her ultimatums."

"Mom, Tyler, you guys really don't need to do this," I said, my voice unsteady, looking from my mother to Tyler and then to Enzo, who was still standing silently by my side, his hand resting reassuringly on my back.

But my mother just shook her head. "No, Nina," she said firmly, her voice carrying a weight that commanded the room's attention and took even my father by surprise. My mother was usually soft spoken these days, and her outbursts were few and far between. "I am standing by you."

"Angelica-* my father began, but my mother cut him off with a wave of her hand and a glint in her eyes that left no room for arguments.

"No, Aldric. Nina is right," she said, her voice firm but not entirely unkind. "Regardless of what happened with Selena, you can't just go around treating her like an insolent child forever. She's made her choice. She wants to stay here, in her own home. And if that's what my daughter wants, then I will stand by her."

My father scoffed, his gaze flitting between me and my mother. There was a sense of helplessness behind his eyes, a look that made me soften ever so slightly, but neither of us wavered.

"Alright," he finally said, pursing his lips into a thin, straight line. "I'll be waiting at home whenever you all decide to come back." With a final dismissive wave, he stepped back through the portal, which closed behind him with a hiss.

in the portal's and my father's wake, the air crackling with

absorbing the weight of the situation. Enzo's hand tightened

my mother then, unable to contain the million questions that

like that?" I asked, my voice a mixture of confusion and gratitude for

window that took up an entire

been thinking a lot about what you said the other night,"

my brow.

mother nodded. "I realized that you were right; we were just kids, but it didn't make our efforts any less true. We all cared

watched as she walked over to the window, her eyes straining to see out

still doesn't answer my question," I said quietly. "You two didn't

stay because you're my daughter, and I want to be here for you. And besides, who am I to try and make your pack fall apart by forcing you to come back to the werewolf realm?" she asked. "You've found something special here, Nina. Something

form in my throat, my eyes stinging with tears. This acknowledgment from my mother, her understanding of what I had found with Enzo and my friends, it meant more than I could express at that moment. "Mom..." I whispered, stepping forward to embrace her. Tyler joined us, wrapping his arms around us both. We stood there in a tight hug, a family reunited not just by blood but by understanding and

worried," I said, pulling back slightly to look at my mother. "Worried that you and Tyler will be fighting

lips. "Your father is stubborn, just like you, but he'll come to his senses eventually. He loves us, Nina. He just has a hard time showing it sometimes, that's

It means a lot to Nina, and to me. You're both more than welcome to stay as long as

was growing all too quickly inside of me. "Besides," I said softly, "I won't deny the fact that it's a bit of a relief to have my mom here to see

mine. "It's what a mother is for," she said, before pulling away and looking around.

this house yet, but we had the