“Hi Evelyn.” Briar called, her eyes taking me in slowly as if she was trying to search for something different about me. “What are you doing here? I never invited you.” I said, my heart racing. Years of abuse. Years of the pain I’d endured in her hands hit me so hard that it was difficult to keep myself composed. “Of course you didn’t invite me, Evelyn. You betrayed your own family now that you married an Alpha. Did you forget all we did for you? We took care of you for over twenty years, Evelyn.” She took another step closer and I stopped myself from backing away from her. A wicked grin curved on her lips as if she knew just how much her presence here was affecting me. “A Good Samaritan was kind enough to extend an invite you refused to give to your own family.” She continued. “Fath

