Elsie's pov

Elsie's eyes widened in shock as she stared at her mother, Lucy, and her cousin Mia. She couldn't believe what was happening, and she couldn't blame her mother less, her mother was too accessible and she was ready to listen to anything that concerned the vampires.

"You betrayed me?" Elsie's voice trembled with anger and hurt. "You, my own mother, and you, my cousin, who I thought was my friend?"

Lucy's expression was unyielding, her eyes cold and hard. "You were becoming too close to the vampires, Elsie," she said. "You were compromising our values and our power. I had to take action."

Mia's eyes were filled with...