Chap 66

Allison's POV

I blinked and my mother was still there. She seemed to twitch a little. Those eyes seemed to accuse me of not being able to do anything to prevent her death. I squeezed my eyes shut and sobbed. I was a child at the time so what could I possibly have done? I could barely even defend myself. Still, that accusatory voice would not keep quiet.

"You are still to blame," that voice said. "After all these years, you were no closer to finding your parents' killers. Now they found you by chance. You take pride in being the first female Beta ever but where did that get you in the end? You defend others, but how about your own? Even Darius is more serious about getting revenge than you."

"No, no, please no," I cried, shaking my head, trying to shut out the voice.

I tasted salt and realized I was crying. I rocked rapidly back and forth to the extent that the chair was in danger of overturning.

It took me a while to convince myself that my mother was not really lying there. It h