Adrian's pov"Still awake even in your sleep?"The voice came from behind me.And then I turned.There he was.My father.Alpha Daniel Wolfe.His presence was just as I remembered: Tall, commanding, yet calm, his eyes were the same stormy-gray like mine. His hands were folded behind his back, his expression unreadable.I could not breathe."Father," I gasped the word which, as soon as it touched my throat, became lost.He gave the slightest nod. He murmured, "You have grown heavier," adding quickly, "Not heavier in body, but heavier in burden," afterwards.I swallowed hard, unsure if this was a dream or something else entirely. "I've made mistakes," I admitted. "Too many."His voice came closer but sounded sharper, not unkind. "Every king does. But not every king learns."I looked down. "I don't know how to fix it. Everything I did, I did to save the pack-to save them-and yet I broke only the thing that mattered most."He sighed softly, like wood cracking under oppressive weight. "You
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