I clenched my jaw, realising that this was it. That this was the moment, and depending on the way that I approached the situation, the entire outcome would be determined in that manner. But I told myself not to worry. I planned to keep my father here until both of us had said what we needed to say, and if he still didn’t see sense after that, I would have no choice but to do what he wanted me to do and return to Northern Atlantis. He was moving around Dae’s office, doing so step by step. If I didn’t know any better, I would think that he was just trying to buy time, but even so, he should know better than to do that. He should know by now that I wouldn’t request to see him on a social call, especially not after what he had gone ahead and done last night. I was getting more and more imp