Chapter 133: Run Away

With a shriek of pain, my mother staggered back, releasing her hold. I gasped for air, collapsing onto the forest floor. As my vision cleared, I saw my mother clutching her face, a crimson stain blooming across her fingers.

"How… How did you find me?" I rasped, my voice hoarse from lack of oxygen.

"Olga," she spat, her voice laced with venom. "Keith and I made a deal. I’ll help him get the rogues in the borders in exchange for… getting rid of you."

The revelation made my stomach churn. My mother had orchestrated my capture, colluding with the very threat she swore to protect the pack from.

"I even gave her guard schedules," my mother continued, her voice dripping with vindictive satisfaction, "making sure the rogues wouldn't be stopped at the borders long enough… for you to be… eliminated. But I hate their plan. Keith wanted you alive but I wanted you gone so the attack was merely an excuse for me to kill you"

My mind reeled. The woman who had birthed me, the woman who had