CONAN —

I wish I could stop her from going so I could hit her with all the questions I wanted to ask her, but I could not.

"What a messed-up party," I mumbled, leaving the garden and walking to my mother's chamber so she could elaborate on her so-called reason for this party.

Sophia was the libel that had caused the pack a lot of damage, and all mom could think of was to host her at the family party with Yvonne, even revealing Yvonne's progress to Sophia without putting into consideration the risk it would expose Yvonne to.

Upon arriving at her chamber and standing at the entrance...