Chapter 14

“You have no idea who your family is?”

“Oh, I know who my family is. I found them, hunted them down after I turned eighteen and the nice little surprise I got during the first full moon …that was an experience.”

He heard her gasp. “Oh, my God.”

“Don’t worry. I didn’t kill anyone and I was strong enough to survive, but after that, I had to get answers. So I did. I fought to earn money, and then I started to track down my family.”

“Was your mother part of a pack?”

He nodded. “She was. It turns out she had an affair. I was the result of that affair. Of course, she was pregnant with me before she met her true mate, so she concocted some kind of plan. She gave birth to me, handed me off to some human parents, and paid them to keep me. When she and her mate fell on hard times and the pack did too, the money stopped, and my ass got thrown onto the streets.”

Luke looked at her and saw the horror across her face.

“Don’t feel sadness or pity.”

“But you were a kid.”

“I was a moneymaker to the wo