Chapter 79: Mine to protect

"Do you think you have grown wings enough to defy my orders?" My father growled down at me, looking like a damned predator. His blue eyes burned with a fiery passion which once scared me, but not any more.

My mother stood next to him, arms folded and mouth poised up in disagreement. Just like my father, she looked like she was trying to get me in line or something like that.

"I can do whatever I wish to do, you can't keep me under you for long. I love him," I stared into my father's eyes, showing him that he doesn't scare me as much as he did when I was still a kid.

Unlike then, I can stare into his eyes for as long as I wish, without feeling any ounce of fear. I'm untouchable. And I won't allow them to touch my Strawberry.

"Oh, seems like it's time to clip your wings. What about —"