CHAPTER 159

“I grew stronger with a thicker skin.”

Daisy’s POV

The kingdom was drumming with nerves, Alpha Smith and Lyra were coming.

Hades had tried to shield me from the preparations and planning. But I was done hiding away in the shadows, scared of what could have, and wouldn’t be.

The ring was an accessory, dangling from the chain on my neck. It seemed like the closest place I could keep my parents close.

“Do we have to?” Priya groaned, watching as I prepared Amani to head out of to wish Astrid farewell.

“I have to,” I whispered.

“She’s still my sister and somehow, I still feel like I am losing a part of myself,” I muttered, fighting back the tears that threatened to fall.

“I want to see her go but I don’t think I am ready to say goodbye,” I whispered.

Priya’s arms wrap around me, pulling me into a gentle hug.

“it is perfectly okay to have these emotions, don’t ever feel guilty about that,” she muttered.

“Let’s go,” she muttered pulling the door open.

I quirked my eyebrows at her.

“You think