48. revelations

~ZIRA

I felt my world slowly coming back to me as I rose to my feet. I wiped away at the tears that had flowed out of my eyes. An involuntary shiver seized me and I hugged myself as I felt cold.

Crying always left me feeling cold but I needed to push it very far away. None of that mattered now. What mattered most was that this story that my father was about to reveal to me.

"You might want to sit down for this," Father suggested as he gestured as his empty seat.

I contemplated turning his offer than but decided against it as I realized that it would only cause the ice that had risen between us only become harder to break.

So I accepted as I felt my wolf stir within me. I quietly came to the chair and sank on top of it. Mother took a look at my hair and let out a disapproving sigh before grabbing a brush and beginning to run it through my hair.

I had no choice but to stare at them through their reflection as I felt my heartbeat slowly begin to accelerate. My nervousness was coming back