Chapter 72

"I would really like to apologize, Kaira, that I have to be the one to bring this news to you. You know how much I wanted for you to be there. I have prepared you to be there, but you are also aware that there is absolutely nothing I can do to change the circumstances, but really, to set things straight, I still do not want it to be this way, and I tried to persuade him otherwise."

Since Kaira had been anticipating this, she wasn't equally taken aback when Alex came to her office and gave her the news—or more precisely, her father's orders that Enzo and her would not be joining the troops in their biggest shipment.

"It's okay, Alex. It is not as if I am not anticipating this at all. I know that he would give orders that would refrain me from taking part in this. And to tell you honestly, I am becoming quite confused with my father nowadays; he wanted me to lead, but he doesn't give me the opportunity to be with you and now to even understand what is happening."