I left the room quickly before my dad could argue some more.
Rudy was putting ideas in Jane's head, and I must stop it. From the sound of their voices, they were talking in her bedroom. The door was not fully shut, so I focused my hearing in that direction as I approached soundlessly.
My strides slowed when I realized that they were arguing.
"I don't need anyone telling me how to speak to my mother," Jane said.
Her tone, though sharp, had a hint of deference. Rudy was not merely her father. He was an Alpha wolf. Her reaction to him proved that, indeed, the she-wolf in her was closer to the surface than before.
"A lot has happened, I know," Rudy replied calmly. "Everyone lied to you. You have the right to be mad. But she's your mother. And from the story you've heard, I expect that
