Chapter 84

  Annette sighed. She continued, "As long as I showed up, Alpha Lance and Luna would quarrel. I don't want to admit that I am a member of the Black Thorn Pack, and Alpha Lance never asked me to go back. Otherwise, I would not be a rogue.

  "I hate the Black Thorn Pack not only because I am Alpha Lance's illegitimate daughter, but also because he and his Luna hurt my mother. My mother was not Alpha Lance's mate. He tempted her. She was blinded by love and made the wrong choice.

  "In fact, she could have abandoned me and started a new life, but she didn't. For the rest of her life, she was in a quandary because of me and the Black Thorn Pack. In the end..."

  After a moment of silence, Annette smiled bitterly. "My mother killed herself."

  She looked at Marcus, trying hard to suppress her emotions.

  She pursed her lips and said, "Marcus, I am afraid of thunderstorms at night. Do you know why? One night, I got up to the bathroom and I saw my mother..."