Elias looked utterly baffled, his eyes shifting back and forth between me and the woman in front of us—my mother.
“I thought your mom was dead,” he said slowly, clearly unsure of what he was witnessing.
“Yeah, so did I,” I replied, my voice flat with disbelief.
“Lyra… is it really you?” she asked, her voice trembling.
“What the actual hell?” I shouted, and she flinched just slightly at the sound.
“Okay, you’re angry. I get it. You have every reason to be,” she said, trying to stay calm.
“Oh really? You think so?” I snapped sarcastically. “I thought Dad’s Beta had killed you,” I added, bitterness dripping from my words.
“No, that’s not what happened. He took me to the border and told me to vanish. I had to renounce the pack so the connection would break. Your father believed I was de
