A second reunion...

Lyla

She trailed off sniffing back tears. "That was why I was willing to let you call another woman, mother. Because I am nothing, Lyla. I had nothing to me. No parents, no inheritance, I wasn't affiliated to any pack and oh, your father…" she broke down in tears. "He loved you, Lyla. Everything he did, all the times he mistreated you he did it because he had to appease his mate, but your dad, never hated you!"

"No!" I shook my head as tears filled my eyes again. "Don't try to defend him because you loved him. I don't want to hear. I don't want to hear anything again."

I turned and started walking away.

"Lyla!" she ran after me. "Please you cannot leave like this."

I turned to face her, my heart breaking over and over. "I never want to see you again, Nanny. Do you hear me? Stay away from me."

Her hands clasped tightly around mine. "Lyla, please. Don't do this. Don't shut me out."