"Please tell me your name."
"M-Ma-Marian."
"Is this your daughter Marian?"
She nodded quickly.
"It's nice to meet you two. My name is Violet. That is my mate, Jasper." She pointed to me. "Is this your..house?"
"Yes." Marian whispered.
"Can I ask why you're living so far from the pack?"
Hesitantly, Marian raised her eyes to meet Violets. There was still fear, but curiosity now too. She glanced at me, then at Ashwell and gulped loudly.
"Nevermind him. Gamma Ashwell brought us here, he won't hurt you." Violet assured her.
"A-Alpha Warrick... he put us here." Marian breathed.
"Why?"
"Because... Because I couldn't work anymore. My pregnancy... it was difficult."
I clamped down on the anger that was growing inside me. I could feel Violet doing the same.
"Are there others out here to
