Mid December 1999
***Emiliano***
Karina never did tell me what happened that day I found her in the woods, but I knew one thing for sure; Karina wasn’t safe with her father anymore and I had to get her out of that situation fast. It didn’t take much convincing for me to get Mateo to strip the General of his title and force him to hand over custody of Karina to the Royal family.
He was furious but the General could not disobey a direct order from his King and Queen. Karina moved into the Hacienda shortly thereafter and the once strong General broke into a million pieces. He was put into a mental hospital as he could not cope with losing his power.
I thought she would be excited, happy even, to be free of the overbearing abusive piece of s**t of a father she had, but Karina was unrespon
