I’ve nearly reached my building when I see someone sitting on the steps of the apartment complex. I blink at first, surprised, and then shock fills me when I recognize the woman.
“Mom?”
I see my mother get to her feet on seeing me, and I stand there, frozen, millions of emotions coursing through me, the more dominant of them, hope and joy.
She came to see me! She does care!
“Mom, I’m so happy to—"
Crack!
My head whips to the side under the force of her blow.
Chapter 17
Seline
Stunned by the vicious slap, I don’t know how to react for a moment.
“You b***h!” My mother grabs me by my hair, short as it is, and pulls on it. She’s a shifter with full shifter strength, and I cry in pain.
“You told Jamie that you won’t be the guarantor anymore?!” she snarls at me. “Who told y
