He came forward and kissed the top of my head, pulling me in against him. “Of course, beautiful. I’ll watch your father while Brax and the pack investigate where you were being kept, why we couldn’t sense you. Kai will go with you. Stay with him,” he ordered, and I nodded. Kai came over then, picking me up in his arms. I went easily, wrapping my arms around his neck before looking over to Brax and Derik. “There’s an entire network of tunnels and rooms down there. They’ve been growing wolfsbane and gardenia too, that’s why everything was dulled,” I said, then turned to my father. “Destroy those plants,” I ordered, and my father scowled, his chest puffing out. “No. You do not tell me what to do.” That had me laughing. He had no idea. I was going to give him one chance to figure i

