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#Chapter 76: Mother Knows Best

Nina

I got home that night after Enzo drove me home and stashed the strange photograph in my bedside table. I was kept awake for a long time as I puzzled over the photograph and the events of the past day, Veronica’s untimely and unnecessary death, Ronan’s wolf form, and the history of the Crescents and the Fullmoons. Enzo’s father had not only informed me that some war between werewolf factions was looming over this small town, but Enzo also told me that he thought I was a werewolf myself Between all of those things + and the strangely familiar pattern in the photograph, it felt as though my entire world had been turned upside down for the millionth time since the beginning of the semester

Eventually, I managed to fall asleep. I woke up early the next morning and rushed to get ready for class, midterms were starting next week, and I had hardly prepared at all with everything going on lately. I would have to spend. every spare minute I had studying this week.

After classes, I headed home to gather my things before I would be going to the library to spend the rest of the day studying. My legs felt tired and heavy as I walked up the stairs to my suite, and I was just considering laying down for a brief nap when I walked into my kitchen to see Jessica and Lori both standing there looking confused and worried.

“What happened to you two?” I asked, setting my bag down on the counter

“Um, you might want to see for yourself,” Jessica replied under her breath, pointing to my room with a shaking hand.

I narrowed my eyes and walked past them toward my room, as I approached, it became obvious to me that my door was wide open. and there was someone inside

“Mom?”

an almost cheeky grin spread across her face “Darling!” she said, stretching her arms out as she walked toward me.

her shoulder 1 pried myself free and took a few steps back, folding my arms as I looked around the room.

got a call that you got injured a couple days ago,” she

could feel my heart leap up into my throat as anger bubbled up inside of me My adoptive mother and I never had the best relationship; as soon as I graduated high school, I couldn’t wait to move out and go to college Going home for the summer and winter break was always a challenge We never saw eye-to-eye on anything,

just call me like a normal person?”

and shook her head. ” You know, you could be happy that your mother went out of her way to check on you,” she

nasty. It’s just…. unexpected.” I wanted to yell at her, to tell her that I was sick of her crossing my boundaries and sticking her nose where it didn’t belong, but at this point I just wanted to not cause a scene and hope that she would

I raised you to be a bit neater than this.” She gestured to the side of my bed, where there was a pile of dirty clothes

I replied curtly.” Medical school and

“Hmph.”

my mother wandered

are Taylor and dad?”

“You know how they are. Your father can’t seem to accept the fact that his book will never get published, and,

you take Taylor to a doctor yet?” I

she was silhouetted against the window, turning her into a

a no, then,” I