VAUGHN
It was obvious from the start that Bigail will trace me down here. I'd only used my excuse of visiting my mother to buy up time.
Now here she is, standing behind me like a child who has just caught her parent doing something shockingly dreadful.
"These are the slaves I saved from the taskmasters earlier on in the day," I explain to her while rising on my feet. But she stands there with venom in her eyes. "Have you been following me, Bigail?"
She doesn't answer but takes one long, proper stare at the werewolf and the woman she calls her mother.
"I asked you a question, Bigail," I retort.
"I asked you the first question, Vaughn," she replies me, now turning the venomous stare at me. "Is this your mother? You were meant to go see the queen. I don't understand why you're here! Why
