Tasha’s birthday arrived, and she really wasn’t looking forward to it. She knew she was probably acting like a brat because most of her friends were all looking forward to this day. She just wasn’t. Tasha never dreamed of a life with a mate. She didn’t dream about raising a family. She didn’t dream about what her future could be like. Tasha’s future had always been planned out for her by her parents, and she just went with it. Tasha didn’t have any ambitions. She used to when she was much younger. She tried to dream about things she could do, but her mother shut that down quickly. The only thing Tasha had in her life that she was really passionate about was reading. It was the only time in her life that her mother didn’t interfere. Tasha knew she could have made her mother’s life miserab

