Fifteen.

Elsa

All eyes were on me. Nate holds me steady. I wondered if he could feel my anger for my mother. How could she be so cruel?

“Tell me, Elsa. How many times did you attend a human hospital?” Vella breaks my attention from my mother.

“What do you mean?” What the hell did that have to do with anything?

“Nate has told me many things. But not once did you attend a hospital. Well, not a human one.”

“It was better for me not to. They would have been on Kyra’s case.” I mutter. "She couldn't have that!"

“Interesting. But you have sustained some serious injuries, haven’t you?”

I didn’t understand. I look up to Nate, hoping that he was making sense of Vellas words.

“You can’t be suggesting what I think you are suggesting.” Nate is frowning.

“Alpha Vella.” Corina is glaring at me. “It isn’t possible. She was born a human.”

“Anything seems possible these days, Corina. You know that. I'm merely just stating the obvious.”

My mother rolls her eyes.

“How was the shift? Painful?” Vella asks.

I shake