TALIA POV. I woke up by the sound of raised voices. Angry voices. I recognized my mother’s voice and that of alpha Phillip Lupis. “I can’t believe you Elaina!” Alpha Phillip said. “You turned your back on your pack and ran off with a f*****g vampire? After what they did to us all those years ago?” He growled angrily. “I’m starting to think that it WAS because of you that everything went to s**t!” He said and my eyes snapped open. My body ached and I cursed Nera in my mind, but she just huffed at me in reply. “You don’t think that I don’t feel guilty about that? I never wanted conflict or for anyone to die.” My mother said back angrily, and I turned my head towards the voices. We were in what looked to be a spacious office consisting of bookshelves against the walls and a big desk and cha