Chapter 138: The Father’s Return
Elara’s heart stopped when the person in the doorway took a step forward.
The man looked just like her father. He had the same soft eyes and smile that she remembered from her childhood dreams.
She asked quietly, "Dad?" He said in a soft voice, "Hello, my little moon." "I’ve been waiting so long to see you." The first Devourer growled.
"Not possible." You’re no longer alive. "I killed you myself." "You killed my body," Elara’s father said quietly.
"But the Creator doesn’t let fathers abandon their daughters when they need them most." Kael stepped protectively in front of Elara.
"How do we know you’re real?" "Because I know things only a father would know," the man said.
"Like how Elara used to sing to her mirror in the pond. Like how she always felt different but never knew why." Tears filled Elara’s eyes. "It’s really you."
"It’s really me," he revealed. "And I’m here to fix what I broke." "What did you break?" Ronan asked suspiciously.
"The suppression spell," her father said. "I thought I was protecting her by hiding her power. But I was really making her weak."
The original Devourer laughed. "Too late, old man. Her children are mine now. Her mates are broken. She’s finished."
"Is she?" Elara’s father asked. He looked straight at Darian.
"Tell me, son. Do you want to be free?" Darian’s face twisted with pain. "I don’t know what’s real anymore. I don’t know what thoughts are mine."