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"No." I shook my head, my voice rising. "That's not true. Tell me it isn't true."

Mariah's face crumpled, and she looked away, her hands clenching in her lap. "I wish it weren't true," she whispered. "But they're gone."

I stared at her, my mind spinning. The hope that had been burning so brightly within me flickered, threatening to go out entirely.

"If they're gone," I said, my voice cracking, "then why didn't you tell me before? Why let me believe I was unwanted?!"

Tears welled in Mariah's eyes, but she held her ground. "You're not unwanted Stormi, I love you so much. There are things you don't know, Stormi. Things I

couldn't tell you until now."

"Like what?" I demanded.

I sat on the bed, feeling the weight of her hesitation like a physical force. My heart pounded in my chest. Her cryptic words about knowing my parents and now asking for privacy-it was too much.

Mariah finally turned, Her green eyes filled with something I couldn't quite place: guilt, sadness, regret.

"I need you to listen to me, Stormi," she said softly, almost pleading.

"I'm listening," I said, my voice sharp with impatience. "Start talking"

Mariah inhaled deeply and walked over to the armchair across from me, lowering herself into it. She folded her hands in her lap, her fingers twisting nervously.

"I need to tell you about my mate," she began, her voice shaky.

I frowned, my frustration bubbling to the surface. "What does your mate have to do with my parents?"

"Everything," she said, her voice breaking slightly. "Please, just let me explain."

I sighed and leaned back against the headboard, crossing my arms. "Fine."

Mariah nodded, her gaze dropping to her lap. “When I first met my mate, I thought I was the luckiest woman in the world. He was charming, funny, everything I had ever dreamed of. For a while, we were happy. Or at least, I thought we were."

Her voice grew quieter, tinged with bitterness. "But as the years passed, he changed. Or maybe he'd always been that way, and I just didn't see it. He became cruel. Angry. He started drinking, and it wasn't long before the drinking turned into something darker.

My chest tightened as I watched her fight back tears.

"He became abusive," she continued, her voice barely above a whisper. "He would hit me, lock me in the basement for days, anything to control me. I felt trapped. Worthless."

"Mariah..." I whispered, horrified.

She shook her head, forcing a bitter smile. "I tried to leave him. I even planned to reject him, but he found out. And when he did... he snapped. He tried to hit me, and for the first time, I fought back. I pushed him. He stumbled, and his head hit a metal rod sticking out from the wall."

I gasped, the room seeming to tilt slightly.

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"I didn't mean to kill him," she said, her voice cracking. "But he was gone. Just like that."

I stared at her, my mind reeling, "I don't understand. What does this have to do with my parents?"

Mariah's gaze met mine, her eyes filled with anguish. "Because he was cheating on me. For years. And the woman he was cheating with... was your mother."

The air seemed to be sucked out of the room.

"What?" I whispered, my voice barely audible.

Mariah nodded, her tears spilling freely now. "Your mother was my mate's mistress. She was young, desperate, and in a situation she couldn't escape. She didn't love him, Stormi. He manipulated her, just like he did me."

I felt like I couldn't breathe.

"Your mother... she got pregnant with you," Mariah continued, her voice trembling. "When she found out, she was terrified. She didn't know what to do. And after he died, she had no one to turn' to No one to protect her. So she came to me

"You're lying," I said, shaking my head. "Why would my mother go to you?"

"I don't know. But That night, during the storm, she showed up at my door with you in her arms. You were so small, Stormi. So fragile. She begged me to take you, to keep you safe. She said she couldn't stay, that it wasn't safe for either of you if she did. She said some people where after her."

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vision as I

said, her voice breaking. "She

to keep you alive. And then she was gone. I never saw

in my chest. "You knew my mother.

me?"

wiped at her tears, her expression pained. "I didn't think it was safe to tell you. And I didn't know how. How do you tell a child that their

I deservedto know Mariah! To know at least I wasn't just some unwanted baby someone left in the storm

sooner. But I was scared, Stormi, I didn't know what you'd think of me, or

trembling. "Where is she

gone, Stormi," she said softly. "She died not long

me."

whispered, shaking

your mother. Your mother is gone.

felt like the ground had been ripped out

lie.

buried my head in my hands. For

the last. My head spun, my chest ached, and the room felt too small to hold the

me.

said, shaking my head as I stood abruptly from the bed. What happened to

tried to track her down after she left you with me. But by the time I found her..." She hesitated, as if the

My legs felt weak, and I staggered slightly, bracing myself against the bedpost. "My

Mariah said, tears streaming down her face. "I've carried that guilt every single day,

snapped, my voice rising. "When were you planning on telling me? When?

to keep lying to

to speak, but

about him?" I asked, my voice trembling with fury.

she nodded slowly. "Yes, Stormi. He was

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understand perfectly!" I shouted, my voice echoing through the

if my dad hadn't died, my mother would have kept

eyes widened, and she stepped closer, reaching

snarled, stepping back, my body shaking with rage.

and she looked at me with

the said, her

the tears streaming down my face hot and unrelenting. "You didn't protect me. You stole everything from

but I couldn't hear her over the roaring in my ears.

to close in, and I couldn't breathe. i turned and stormed toward the door, my

wait-please!" Mariah called after me,

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of the pack house, the tears blurring

anger, grief, and

inside.

floor, everyone was there-Elijah, Austin,

Their eyes locked onto me as I stumbled into

what's wrong?" Elijah

I couldn't answer him. My throat burned with unshed screams,

crushed in a vice.

do was run.

past them, ignoring their questions and worried glances, and bolted out the door into the

consuming every inch of my body. My vision blurred, and the world seemed

I

fell to my knees, my body trembling violently as the

stretched, and then, in one explosive moment, I

a silvery light. My fur was radiant, glowing like

my reflection in a nearby window, I saw a