Mariah was torn between telling her family the truth and getting them so worried that they won’t let her go anywhere alone again and lying to them to retain her freedom. She heaved a sigh and sat down on the empty chair beside Sean. “The truth is, I did get into a fight last night. I um…I accidentally broke the cocoon of a Nebuzar. He was mad, we fought and he hurt me by staking his claw in my chest, but I won.”
“Oh, I guess that will explain the bloodied shirt Linda talked about.” Aliyah nodded.
Linda, Mariah thought, of course she saw the blood stain. “I didn’t tell you guys because it wasn’t a big deal. Besides, it was just a three hundred years old Nebuzar, it’s not something I couldn’t handle.” Then to Sean, she said, “please tell Alpha Thomas that I am really sorry for troubling hi
