Elara's POV
I should have known Gabriel was going to eventually bring up the research on lycanthropy that i had been doing but not like this, not in the car with my mum sitting right beside me.
"What is he talking about?" Mum asked, her voice already shifting towards panic and her eyes fixated on me.
Words tried to form out of my mouth, something that would at least pass as a reasonable excuse or better still hold up long enough for me to think but Gabriel did not even give me the chance, he turned slightly in his seat and flashed me a mischievous smirk. "Should I tell her or would you like to do it yourself, Elara?"
My throat went dry. "Gabriel----" I tried to reason with him but mum's curiosity had already gotten out of control. Her eyes darted between us. "What research Elara?
