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Things Aren't as They Seem

Author: Hee Sha
last update Last Updated: 2024-09-08 22:26:17

“I can't believe we forgot about mom." I groaned, rubbing my forehead the second Ulmer shut the door behind her.

Scratch didn't seem too bothered. "You can't blame yourself. With all the unnecessary drama going on in our lives— because you're too much of a jerk to just accept our mate — it's natural that we'll forget other things."

Forget my own mother? Nah, that was too much, even for me.

I'd stopped my interrogations on Dad concerning her whereabouts because it had all proved fruitless. No matter how much I asked or how angry I seemed, his lips were always tightly sealed.

"Did we ever follow that lead we got before Nimue's arrival?" I asked Scratch as I went to my desk and opened my laptop.

Before Nimue and her mother came with all their drama, I'd gotten a lead from an anonymous person online about my mother's whereabouts.

My mother had been gravely ill before she went missing. According to the pack's doctors, the complications didn't seem medical at all. No matter how much th
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