ARIA
The taste of blood filled my mouth before I even realized what had happened. I coughed, drops splattering on the cold floor, and only then did my mother gasp.
“Dear…” her voice shook as she rushed toward me, her hands trembling as she tried to touch my face. “I didn’t mean it… I forgot… I forgot you don’t have your wolf anymore.”
I shoved her hands away before they could touch me.
“You forgot?” My voice was hoarse, but it was sharp enough to cut. “No. You didn’t forget. You just didn’t care.”
Her face went pale, but I didn’t stay to watch her fake tears fall. She was no mother to me. A real mother would never choose one child and hate the other.
I wiped the blood from my lips with the back of my hand and forced myself up.
My body screamed in protest, but I ignored the pain. I
