Chapter 78: The Family

My parents stood in front of me, their faces held nothing but shock and surprise at my haughty demeanour. I mean, did they really expect me to pull them into my arms and cry? Could they not comprehend that I wasn't the same girl I was years ago? Many years is a long time for things to change. The last time they saw me, I was twenty-three, pregnant and with a two years old son and no place to go.. I was broken and shattered and in need of someone who could understand her.

Now I was a woman who was confident, powerful in her own right, independent who needed no man to lean on for support. There was nothing left of the girl who hid in the shadows. I was now the star that shined in the sky. I glimmered through the adversity that my family and pack had caused me. They couldn't even reach me, I was so high up. A part of me hated them for what they did, but if they hadn't pushed me to leave, I would have never become who I am today.

"Aine it's really you." My mother whimpered. The tears casc