Chapter 43

Viona's POV

Night before departure

Alpha's office

The moon light penetrated the window of my dad's office, the clearing, silver light washing over the wooden table where I sat, her hand resting at my lap. The air was cool, quiet - the kind of quiet that always came before big changes. My father stood beside me, hands clasped behind his back, his shadow long against the ground. Something he does before a long lecture or warning.

He had been silent for a while, watching the forest ...