And he rose up abruptly, "I am the leader of this grove and my say is final. Guards!"
They rushed as soon as he beckoned.
"Keep her in her room."
I didn't try to fight or struggle. Two of the guards held my hands on either side and led me to my room.
How could he believe that subjecting Adrian to such pain and suffering was the solution? I tried to reason with him, to explain that Adrian wasn't manipulating me, but my father dismissed my words.
In his eyes, Adrian was the one who had deceived me, and I was merely a foolish girl who had fallen for his tricks.
I had silently prayed for a different outcome but I guess those prayers were futile. Adrian didn't deserve such a fate, and my heart ached at the thought of him enduring the torment that transformation process came with. But my
