“Daddy?”
The word slipped out of my mouth before I could stop it.
The figure went through the gate.
My father’s face.
My father's eyes.
My dad's voice.
But something wasn’t right.
He stared at me blankly.
No heating.
No surprise.
Nothing,
There’s nothing but emptiness.
I took a step back.
Kael got between me and them.
“Keep away.”
The face that was my father grinned.
Still guarding her.”
My stomach sank.
Oh, that voice.
It wasn't my dad.
It was the voice I had heard within the Gate before.
The First Creature.
Kael's shoulders tensed.
You.”
The creature smiled more.
“You understand at last.”
Ian stood behind the desk watching silently.
I looked at him.
“What have you done?”
Ian shrugged.
I opened a door.
"You brought him back.
“No.”
His eyes shifted to the f
