My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian (Sera and Fenris) novel Chapter 408

Nadia

Nobody answered him. Instead Mama turned back to me, her eyes flat and certain, and reached for my arm.

"No." My voice cracked. "No, don't send me away. Please don't..." I looked between Mama and Father. "Mom, please wait, I..."

I looked at my father. "You can't let this happen," I said. "This is your family. Say something."

He didn't move toward me. His eyes dropped, and he turned slightly away, like he couldn't hold my gaze, like there was somewhere else in the room he needed to be looking instead.

I stood there with my mouth open, nothing coming out. He wasn't going to stop this. He wasn't even going to try.

Mama scoffed, a short, ugly sound. "He won't do anything," she said, not even looking at him, like he wasn't worth the effort of turning her head. "He knows better than to try."

Father's jaw tightened. He gave her a look I'd never seen on him before, something scornful and raw at once, and then, finally, he crossed to me. His hands landed gently on my shoulders. "Baby," he murmured, his eyes roaming the room as if the answer to what was happening was somewhere on the walls. "I know you're smart, Nadia. You understand what's going on here."

He took a trembling breath. "I just need to put some things in order while you're away. Just for a little while, that's all. You can come home when it's done."

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