LORI
Dad leaned back, steepling his fingers. “The Lunaris line is coveted, Lori. Hunted. Your wolf isn’t like everyone else’s. She’s tied to celestial cycles, she amplifies during moon phases, she channels emotion into raw power. If anyone had known what you were before you could defend yourself, you wouldn’t be standing here.”
“And sealing her…” Mum’s voice dropped, almost a whisper, “…was the only way to hide you. The only way to make sure you grew up without every power-hungry alpha and their pet sorcerer sniffing you out.”
I shook my head, pacing because standing still made me want to scream. “You think that makes it better? You think telling me you broke me on purpose somehow makes it noble? I’ve been seeing things. Feeling things. Like my own body was betraying me. And the first t
