This was the first time I have seen my mother face to face. Except for the memories of Mother looking at herself in a mirror or the pictures taken, I have never seen what she actually looked like. I never dared ask Father. It was not that he hated her. He couldn't have when he loved me so much, but still, he never talked about her. At all. If I did not know it took two to have a child, I would think I was born only by him. Don't get me wrong, he made it clear his mate was not my mother. He never made me feel like there was anything I was missing out on.
She combed her curls back. "Why am I even here? Don't tell me you are trying to save that boy again." She laughed when I said nothing. "Oh, Scarlet. You poor thing. When will you get it through your head? Those Anderson boys aren't your friends. They will never---"
"It's not for Kyleon," I interrupted her. "Not everything is for a man, Mother. Brianna is also in that relationship."
