It was fine. I’d learned long ago to stop trying to make him actually care about me. We kept our distance from each other, even at court functions. At this point, twenty-five and long past being a lonely little girl, I found it more ridiculous than anything else. What was the point of being in a pack if you still spent all your time alone?As we approached the wooden door to my father’s study, Vuk nudged me aside to knock on the door first. “My lord,” Vuk said, “The Lady Reyna, per your request.”“Enter,” my father said, muffled through the door.I scowled at Vuk, then opened the door and marched inside, leaving him in the hall. He could wait for me or, preferably, go lurk around whatever halls he occupied when my father didn’t need him running errands.“You asked for me?” I stood in front of his desk with hands clasped neatly in behind my back.For a moment, it seemed like my father didn’t even hear me. His office looked like a hurricane had swept in off the coast and run through it.
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