Chapter 199

Kane

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Nathan had asked for more time to gather the information, but my patience was wearing thin. My mood was already dark, and the weight of what Ruby had endured because of me only made it worse.

I hadn't known the full extent of her suffering until now. Knowing that those men had beaten her for helping me escape filled me with a heavy, suffocating guilt.

"Kane."

My father's voice pulled me out of my thoughts. I looked up at him.

"Come with me," he said before turning and heading for the staircase.

I glanced at Ruby, who sat quietly with her head lowered, avoiding my gaze. My

eyes shifted to my mother, who looked visibly distressed.

I stood and followed my father upstairs. He entered his bedroom, and I

after him.

door," he said over

me and watched as he motioned for me to sit on

"Sit," he said firmly.

what he wanted to discuss. His demeanor was unusually serious, yet there

bottle of wine. Bringing it over to the couch, he sat down in the chair across from me and grabbed two glasses from the tea table

glasses, he slid one toward me and said, "Let's have a

with me. We'd never had

one of his prized vintage bottles. My father had an

wine in my glass, my father studied me

taken a sip, he broke the quiet.

I lifted my gaze to

always had a natural aura-one that can command attention and change

letting his words sink in.

how his decisions had changed my

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