I tell him about how Shane and Enya are dealing with their grief, what I walked in on when I got here. I tell him about what I think is going on, the possible murder of Alpha Colin and inadvertently his mate.
“How is your relationship with Alpha Shane?” he asks me.
“Good. It’s really good. That has been easy. Shane has taken to me like I’m his older brother. He’s a sponge who wants to learn. Based on what I’ve gotten from him and from Enya, I don’t think their parents put the same level of importance on the Academy that you and mom did with me and Sebastiana.”
“Well, we were instructors for years. We understand the value of the Academy better than most.”
“True,” I say, scrubbing my hand down my face.
“What’s really going on, son,” my father asks astutely. It’s why I needed to talk to him. I knew he’d help me get to the root of the problem.
“Enya,” I say, thinking of her big green eyes looking up at me when I almost kissed her earlier today.
“She doesn’t trust you?” he asks.
“That’s an understatement, but it’s more than that, Dad. We’re really close in age. I feel drawn to her like I’ve never felt drawn to any other
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woman in my life. I’m meant to be her guardian. She’s my ward.. shouldn’t be having the feelings for her that I am, especially not so soon after meeting her. But I do, and I don’t know what to do about it. I can’t leave Shane here alone. I wouldn’t do that to him. And things
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here aren’t stable. After he was nearly attacked today, I wouldn’t trust his safety to anyone else, except possibly someone in our family. But I ve accepted responsibility for his welfare and his future, and I can’t pass that to someone else now, even if I am having the most intense feelings I’ve ever had for his underage sister.”
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