*Saphira*
I stumbled away from my father’s office door, in total and utter disbelief. I couldn’t wrap my head around that I’d just been on my way to tell him that I was Aaron’s fated mate. I couldn’t help but wonder what would’ve happened if I’d walked into his office before Grace. Would that have been the end of my life? Would Father have ‘eliminated’ me on the spot?
I didn’t want to believe it. I couldn’t believe that my own father would do something so heartless and so calculated.
But the truth was staring me in the face, no matter how much I tried to push it away.
“He would,” I heard Crystal say. “You know what he’s capable of. You heard him. He would eliminate you without a second thought.”
I squeezed my eyes shut, fighting the wave of nausea that rose in my throat. She was righ
