Chapter 64

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My father seemed a little surprised to see me and so was Dutton.

I guess they must have heard of my injury.

"Your Highness." I curtly bowed before taking my seat opposite aim. Miro on the other hand sat adjacent to us.

My father puffed some smoke in the air, before tempering his cigar on an ashtray and leaving it to burn out. I watched his movement. My father smoking again was a nasty indication that he was under stress, "I heard you got hurt in the field,"

"And I am completely healed." I replied.

He cocked his head to the side, studying me. "It makes no sense that someone like Viktor will escape you once again. He doesn't even have one third of your strength despite his new status."

I sucked my teeth. "Viktor seems to be on a new juice. He and his men were stronger and faster than normal."

"It still doesn't explain why he eluded you. My father's voice raised an octave

1 ground my jaw, keeping a level gaze with him, "Mistakes happen

"They've happened twice in a row. In fact, they are happening a lot lately. Ever since you got that girl on the training team, you seem to have lost your edge."

I felt tempted to curl my hands into fists but I stopped myself. My father was keen on studying body language. He'd know he was getting to me and I don't want that.

Instead. I smiled.

"Lost my edge I huffed. "You're the one smoking a Cuban cigaron a Sunday night obsessed with a nineteen-year-old girl I'd say in all my twenty-five years of living, I have never seen you as obsessed with a human being as you have been with

day Ryn. I leaned forward in my seat. "Tell me, Father, what chokehold does Ryn Ashmore have a whole Alpha King in?"

Like storms gathering, my father's eyes hardened and Director Dutton moved as if he wanted to come teach me a lesson.

as he moved around the seat but my father signalled

What a shame.

his ass but I guess my time will come some other

father smiled, his face twisted into the same grimace that has haunted me

me like a punch in the gut. "My intelligence never picked up on

maliciously. "But you would have picked up on it

my legs. "Duuon, your position as director

scared I'll

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my land. Find Viktor and interrogate his men in

his feet. "Otherwise

hands curled into fists as he passed by me to the door

that a threat. Father?" I asked, staring

father stopped in his tracks. "It's a

what happens when you make promises like that,

we won't have to find out

to the soft spits of fire from

said,

his face. He looked haunted and reminded me of the scared boy he had

felt sorry

Dominic Tarrent was

asked, and he gave me

was going through a lot upstairs and he had a habit of shutting down if he was on the verge of a breakdown, Wanna talk about it?" I

in front of him, I handed him the drink and sat on the center table, facing

eyes to meet mine. "Together." I nodded

see

agreement

thought about Ryn and the more she crossed my mind, the more I felt the

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