Chapter 43

LEON'S POV When the doorbell rang, I frowned slightly, a sense of unease creeping into my thoughts. Whoever it was, I doubted this would be a pleasant visit. I walked to the door with my mind racing with possibilities—maybe it was a neighbor, or perhaps one of the pack members. But when I opened the door, I was met with a face I hadn’t expected to see anytime soon—my father, Louis. I immediately felt my guard go up, my expression turning stony. "What are you doing here?" I asked bluntly, not bothering to hide the edge in my voice. Our last conversation had ended on a sour note, with heated words exchanged about my relationship with Irene. Since then, I had assumed he would stay out of my business for a while, but here he was, standing on my doorstep as if nothing had happened. Louis looked at me with that same unreadable expression I’d come to despise. "I’m here to stop you from doing something foolish," he stated as a matter-of-fact. Those words were like adding gasoline on a fire. My