TERESA
"Tell me, Teresa. When it comes down to it, would you save your mother… or would you save your mates?" My mother, Milinda, cut through the silence like a blade.
Was that why she called me here? So pathetic! Why call me to ask what she already knew?
Her eyes glittered. She looked so sharp and hungry for my answer. My mother's face looked like one which was carved into stone but I didn't care.
My heart pounded, but I didn’t flinch because I knew my answer.
“I would choose my mates.”
Milinda’s brow lifted, her lips curling.
"That was a quick answer which you answered without any hesitation. Is your mother worth so little to you?"
Heat rose inside me, anger pushing against the ache that was still lingering in my body.
That was such a silly question but I couldn't show my ra
