Chapter 51

"I-I don't understand, nothing here makes any sense. How are you here?" "You need to train, sweetheart, Anfisia is right. You are so stubborn minded, it comes with your heritage. But you're about to face a fight greater than we've seen in ages, and you acting like a scorned child isn't helping anyone." "Mom, that's not fair. I wasn't-" She presses a finger to my lips, shushing me like she had done many times before. "Carina, I am your mother. I know you." She sends me a warning look. "You are so special, but you are no better than anyone else in that pack, certainly not Anfisia." "She betrayed me," I say finally. "By not betraying her pack, Carina, she doesn't know you. Why should she prioritize you over her pack?" "She told me that I would be able to go, after I helped them." It's an argument that I've been holding onto for weeks, and even as I say it, I know that it's no longer reasonable. It n