CHAPTER 18: Promises and regrets

GINA'S POV

My mother shut her eyes in embarrassment. She couldn't contain the shame. First the disastrous dinner, and now this?

I contemplated slapping Narah, but as I approached her, something made me stop in my tracks. Her piercing blue eyes, now ablaze with an intense fire, met mine. The authority in her gaze made me pause.

Hanadin's chuckle in the background only added to my growing frustration. At that moment, I regretted ever bringing Narah into this house.

My initial curiosity about the wolf I sensed in her, and the eerie connection I felt, seemed insignificant now. I wanted nothing more than for her to leave—immediately.

Liam sat in silence, watching the scene unfold, while Sharon hid her face in her palms, snorting and giggling through her tears.

The shame seemed too much for my mother to bear. My wolf had submitted to Narah's overpowering aura, leaving me unable to intervene. I could feel the same submissive energy emanating from my mother.

She fled the room without utteri