“No, I’m asking about your mother because it’s clear now that what you did to Shane was no fluke. It’s a part of your gift. One that no one I’ve spoken with has ever seen before either.” My shoulders sag. “So I’m a freak on top of being dangerous. Great.” Her gentle tap on the back of my head has me smiling because it’s something she will do during our lessons when I’ve lost my focus and need to regain it. “What you are is a powerful omega, Aerin. And powerful omegas don’t spring out of thin air. So I’m asking you what you know of your mother, and if your father knows more.” “My father…” I try to wrestle my anger back when I feel it surging at the thought of him. “He rarely ever talked about her, at least not to me. What little I know about her I know from his beta, Moses.” When I glan

