Chapter 0790

"You can tell me," I finally choked out. "I just want to know if he..."

"He was alive, last I saw him," he cut me off, giving my hand a firm squeeze. "But... there was so much happening, Nina."

Despite the hope in his words, I could see the true emotion in his eyes: uncertainty. Hot tears began to prick at the backs of my eyes, and I quickly looked down at our entwined hands to bolster myself.

"Tell me everything you remember," I whispered.

By the time Enzo was finished telling me the story of how he survived the fires, what happened to Mila and my father, and how he got here, I felt as if a part of me had been hollowed out from the inside.

"So he... he really went after her?" I asked. "Just like that?"

Enzo nodded. "I'm sorry, Nina; all I know is that they went westward. What happened after that, I..."

but I knew the implications. He may not have survived. In fact, the chances were incredibly slim. "We have to find him," I said suddenly. "We can't just

his grip on my hand even firmer. "No, Nina.

asked. "He's my father. He's the bloody Alpha King. We have to find

on our own. And not..." His eyes flickered down to my pregnant belly, which had been growing more and more by the day lately and

my father, the same crazy bastard who went chasing after a dragon-wanting to

the heroine, that you

blurred my vision. I quickly blinked them away, staring

said softly. "I don't mean to hurt

that I can still do my part without jumping right into the fray. And that... that chasing down a Dragon Queen and an Alpha King isn't the only way to protect the people I care

a long pause as I sat there, staring down at my belly. Selena's words whirled through my mind, just as they had been ever since that strange dream. And there, in the corner of the tent, my bag seemed to be looking at me-containing

have to tell you something," I said. "Something that pertains

cocked his head, listening intently as I slowly recounted everything the dreams, the journal, the moonstone, the warnings from my dead twin sister. I told him everything, even if it hurt, even if

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