Chapter 23

“Sweetheart?”

“I think she was stabbed in the leg.”

She inhaled sharply, tears filling her eyes. “Why…why must she go through so much pain?”

I rubbed my thigh, the phantom pain still making it throb. “I don’t know. It’s been pretty quiet as of late. This is the first bad one in a while.”

Her lips pursed in a line. “Can you really add the pain of rejection to this poor girl’s list of injuries? Add that scar to all the other ones?”

“Mom, I don’t want to talk about this.”

She sighed and nodded. Her hand came up and brushed my cheek with her thumb. “I know I say this often, but you are blessed. This link you have with her, it’s a blessing from the Moon Goddess. It may not seem like it, but it is. You’re supposed to help each other. If you don’t, what’s going to happen to her? Or your Beta?”

I knew she wasn’t looking for an answer. She never did anymore. Getting up, she headed out of the office, but turned before she closed the door behind her.

“Eat, sweetheart. Maybe rest a little.