Chapter 0761

Anger roiled inside of me at his words. "Do you even hear yourself?" I blurted out. "Mila has Enzo, dad. Mila. You know what she's capable of."

"Of course I know what she's capable of," he replied, pulling his shoulders back so that his hulking form seemed to tower over me. "Which is precisely why I'm not letting you or anyone else—go on a suicide mission."

"You're being unreasonable."

"Unreasonable?!" My father scoffed. "Nina, I have let you tread all over me in recent months; I have succumbed to your every whim for the sake of building a relationship that was lost to our years apart. I won't have you be put in danger again."

I swallowed, curling my hands up into fists at my sides. "Is this even about me, or is it about the heir to your throne?"

For a few long moments, my father was silent. His eyes burned with a hot, raging fury as he stared at me, but he said nothing. When he finally spoke, his voice was surprisingly soft, but brooked no room for argument.

attempt anything... foolish, you will remain confined to your chambers until I deem it safe to allow you free rein of the

just stood there, rooted to the spot. How could he be so heartless, so utterly blind to the actual Enzo

soft noise from the doorway had me whirling around, my breath catching in my throat as I found myself face-to-face with my mother. From the stricken look on her face,

of understanding passing between us. A thousand unspoken words seemed to tremble on her lips, but in the end, she simply inclined her head in

my father said coolly. "See Nina to

paced the confines of my bedroom like a caged animal,

the window. But common sense and my progressing pregnancy stopped me; it was too risky from this high

to have hope that Luke would come tomorrow and find a way to get me

pale blue glow of the rising moon began to filter through my windows that I felt something: a soft vibration in my pocket. I frowned, reaching in, and felt my fingers

that Elara had

of my pocket, I peered down at it in the palm of my hand and studied it. It was still now, not vibrating at all, although the moonlight was reflecting off of it

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