I’d gone back to my room to meet Angelica waiting there. She threw the letter I’d written to her, clearly upset.
“Really? You’d have left just like that?”
“I’m sorry.” I whispered.
She looked at me for a long time, and finally asked. “Why did you do it?”
“Liah is in danger here. Everyday when I wake up, I always wonder if someone is going to take her away from me. This is not living. I just wanted to go somewhere we’d be safe. Mona said-”
“Mona?” She gave me a look and I realized I hadn’t told her yet. So I went on to recount my conversation with the pack’s doctor.
“Wait. She knows about Liah and her powers. She knows about your family too?”
I nodded. “Is that strange?”
“Not that it is strange. But I can’t help this feeling gnawing at me.” She breathed, “Mona was once engaged to so
