Chapter 119: Seed of Doubt II

I freeze, but I don't show too much on my face. Silence falls like a stone between us, or like a large rock. It's heavy and tense. She stands there, waiting for a reaction out of me.

"Drop the act. Say it." She taunts with a frown on her face.

I'm certain she didn't expect the roles to be reversed in this manner. I cross my arms over my chest and spare a lopsided grin.

"No." I whisper while leaning in. "I won't give you what you want."

She fumes, glaring daggers at my back as I walk away. My hand meets the car door handle when I hear her voice right behind me.

"Gene Everdeen!"

I do not want to freeze this time. I want to take the news like it's nothing, but how do I do that when it's clearly something? Alexis pulls my shoulder, forcing me to face her. I let her because I have no words.

"Yes, Zeke. Marelyn's mother. The last bloodline silver werewolf killed your mother. The woman carrying your child is the enemy."

I grip the roof of the car with claws. It's the second car