Chapter 42

AVA

"You've grown twice-no, thrice your size the last time I saw you!" Mom squeals like a silly, excited young high school girl wanting to impress the god of high school, a.k.a. Hunter Ysrael. I rolled my eyes, my brows creasing as I watch my mom tap his broad, muscly shoulder gently.

What does Mom even mean by that? When did she actually see this giant person be less than his present size right now?

Glancing over at my mom, I noticed a glint in her eyes that I never saw before when she used to look at Axl. It’s the glint that only ever appears when she looks at my dad.

She often nagged me about the type of boy I liked, and I always told her I wanted someone kind, gentle, and at the very least a decent boy like Axl. But every time I did, she just looked at me with the same squint with her eyes, and if she's not looking at me for reprimand, she tells me all about how sure she was that Axl wasn't the one destined to be my mate.

But how is she supposed to know that? And she seriously c