Chapter 0723

Nina

"Nina, Enzo. Please, come in."

Enzo and I exchanged a wary glance with each other before we stepped into my father's study. He was sitting behind his massive mahogany desk, leaning back in his leather chair with one leg crossed widely over the other. Hardly a moment ever passed when I wasn't reminded of my father's Alpha King status. He was certainly born for the role, with a tall height, muscular frame and a regal appearance about him.

But something about him today seemed different. Despite his confident stature, he seemed almost... sheepish when he looked me in the eyes. It almost felt as if whatever he had to tell us was information that he wasn't easily giving up.

"sit," he said. "Tea? Coffee?"

"Coffee would be good," Enzo said with a slight laugh as he rubbed his hand over the back of his neck.

a servant almost seemed to materialize out of the corner. She poured us two steaming hot cups of coffee; I wasn't really supposed to indulge in caffeine, but after everything I had been through lately...

body was lighter the moment the warm liquid poured down my throat. Yet another one of my father's medicines,

two look much better than you did yesterday," my father admitted, shooting me an apologetic

replied. He set his coffee cup down and placed his

rain by tomorrow. Those damn silver ropes..." He shook his head in

personally. I met his gaze squarely. "Tell us how you know

and closing it a few times before he finally nodded. "Yes. I suppose I should cut right to the chase, shouldn't I?" He ran a hand through his hair and stood. As he walked past us, toward the window, I could see that look of sheepishness in

and I... We go way back," my father began.

raging on all day, but he couldn't delay any longer; after all, the woman who he was meant to meet was already here, waiting for him at the table in the corner-just as the witch had

woman's table and peered down at her. She had long, dark hair that peeked out from beneath her cloak, and she smoked a pipe. But there were two things

the pipe

looked up at him, they were like cat's eyes; yellow with a black slit down

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