A Fine Line

My heart stopped. Kill my father? I stood outside the door not daring to breathe.

“I should. After what he did.” Nico said, his voice cold.

I couldn’t believe my ears. Why would he want to kill my father? I needed answers.

“Are you planning to kill my father?” I rushed into the study, my she-wolf shining through my eyes. As much as I was bound to Nico, I couldn’t let him do that.

“Sit down Darina.” He waved me over to him.

Sal mumbled an excuse and left us alone.

I shook my head. “Why? Why Nico? You promised my parents would be safe.”

Nico got up from behind his desk and stepped towards me. I retreated. He shouldn’t touch me right now.

“Darina, listen to me.” he reached for me, but I sidestepped him, heading for the door. I had to get away, warn my father. “Don’t you run from me.”

But I did. I transformed into my she-wolf running down the stairs, clothes ripping as I shifted. People shouting, screaming as I tore down the passage and out the back door with Nico hot on my heels.

‘Darina