Chapter 29 - 29

The drive back to the Kian estate was shrouded in a heavy, contemplative silence. The interior of the car felt like a small, insulated world, protected from the chaos of the flashing lights and the prying eyes of the press we had left behind. My father sat beside me, his profile etched in the dim light of the passing streetlamps. He looked every bit the powerful Alpha, yet I could see the subtle sag in his shoulders, the silent toll that the evening had taken on him.