Chapter 82

Melody Reese

I didn't bother swallowing an half suppressed scornful laugh as my mother's eyed widened when Scarlett emerged. It was too satisfying to see her drawing her head back when with just a single chant her rogue soldiers stood paralyzed. I crossed my arms over my upper abdomen as Scarlett smirked, a glint of slight evil in her eyes. When she took a step forward, my mother took two back, eyes darting into the woods as if she were silently communicating with someone.

"What's wrong Gwen? Not much threatening and chatty now?" My mother in law mocked, tilting her head as if she were listening to something. Then I heard it, the sound of car engines coming our way from behind Gwen.

"And you called for company." Draven's mother pointed out, stopping a few feet from where my mother stood. Her shoulders hunched forward momentarily before she corrected the posture, covering her fear.

"It's such a shame, I really wanted us to fight you know, woman to woman." The former luna spat the last