A pang of undeniable jealousy clenched Mathena’s heart. God, why couldn’t she let it be that simple? Why couldn’t she just accept what others were so willing to offer? She restlessly shook her head. “I’m sorry, I have no right to pry.”
“You’re not prying, and even if you were, you have every right. We’re family.” Demi smiled sweetly. “Mathena, you have to understand, I am a human. My childhood was one of constant loneliness and the fear I would never truly belong anywhere. I didn’t know what I was or why I was so different, so I could never let anyone close, in case they realized I was…abnormal. And then Dimitri came crashing into my life, and I learned that I was a werewolf, if a rather dysfunctional one. I also learned I wasn’t alone. There are all sorts of wonderful, weird, and wacky d
