The light outside was beginning to fade, casting a soft amber hue through the large windows of the palace’s west wing. The air felt heavy with unspoken words, and Serena’s heart beat a little faster when she was told her father had arrived. It had been months since she last saw him. Months since she had learned the truth about who—what—she really was. And now, finally, he had come.She walked through the marble corridor quietly, her fingers brushing against the stone walls as her thoughts raced. Her father had always been a steady presence in her life—stern but loving, silent but deeply protective. And yet, in the days after discovering she was a wolf, that same presence had felt distant, his silence louder than words. She had written to him, even tried to justify why he did what he did, but she couldn’t help the ache that grew inside her. He should’ve come sooner.Serena entered the meeting chamber. The door creaked open gently, and there he was—her father, standing tall, the weight
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