***SCISSERA*** I balked at Mother's admission. All eyes looked at me, I assumed to gauge my reaction, but I couldn't process the words. My parents weren't mates. Too many things ran through my mind at once and I found myself physically shaking my head from side to side to try to clear them or force them into some kind of order. "Wait a minute..." Luca said. He had a way of picking out small details and zeroing in on them, when other people might have skipped over them completely. "So you're saying that Corin can control his shift?" Mother nodded. "So then it's another power. Scissera can do it because Corin can do it." He clarified. I was confused. "Wait, you mean that's not normal? But werewolves can shift anytime they want. I've seen it, anyone can do that." I insisted. "No, Pri

