'Mother is coming,' Carl said in Violet's mind.
Instinctively, Violet sprang away from Carl, as if they had been doing something wrong.
'Go find Ryan,' Carl asked Violet in her mind.
She nodded and headed inside, her heart pounding. Something about Carl and Tiara's reaction to their mother always made Violet more afraid of her than she normally would have been.
Violet moved past the doorway toward her mother's room. The room seemed darker than the rest of the house. Her mother never pulled up the blinds. Any light seemed to hurt her. Violet stood in the doorway, blinking to adjust her eyes. Ryan was sitting on the edge of the bed, speaking quietly to her. He glanced over at Violet and nodded to show that he understood. All the others seemed to sense the alpha so clearly, but Violet cou
