She pauses from loading the dishwasher, confusion on her face, but she doesn’t speak waiting for me to continue.

“My sperm donor, her mate? He was abusive and a cheat. When Alejandro found out… it was his pack my parents were in… well, he sent him to his death as a punishment for abusing Indigo – my biological mother.”

I know people here generally know that I’m not Mama and Dad’s biological daughter, but not many know the full truth.

“Well, she didn’t want to lose him… She somehow stuck by him because he was her mate and with his death… she became a shell of her former self… wanting...