Conrad's POV "Pearl's mother hated her?" Shane asks and I nod. "But this bastard is so sure that Pearl's mother loves her. Do you think henbane is working on him?" He asks again and I look at Maxwell who is still looking at us with his eyes almost droopy. "Or maybe Pearl thought that her mother always hated her" I whisper and turn my attention to Maxwell again. "So now what do you mean when you say that she had her mother's love and you never had it?" I pause and look at him "You are the Luna's son but she was the Mistress's daughter" "That is exactly why my mother never loved me. Because she thought I had to compete with someone who is not her child for the Alpha title. My mom was mad about Pearl's mother, because my father gave her so much of importance" Maxwell says. "And one