My whole body trembled where I stood. The words echoing within my mind. Althea was speaking of my mother like she was still here. Like she was still alive. But the woman who had been by my side as I had grown up had yet to meet my eye or answer my question.
This woman had seen my struggles. Held my hand through it all. How could she so easily lie to me? I had grieved the woman who was my mother. Assuming her to be dead, or unable to care for me. If she was still so close to my pack then it left me with no option but to consider the possibility that she had abandoned me because she simply did not want me. And Althea had known all along...
My eyes fell to the omega who had guided me over the years, but her face gave away nothing. I moved towards her, but in a stumbling step Althea moved away. Was she scared of me? I pondered with a faltering thought. She had never feared me, and I hated the idea that she may do now.
