Chapter 177

A tiny, half-smile had graced my mother's lips. "You really have turned into an Alpha," she murmured quietly, catching me off guard. I looked away, jaw clenched. It was a foreign sensation to see affection on my Mother's face. I hadn't witnessed affectionate care from my parents since I was six or seven years old. My Wolf stirred uncomfortably. He didn't remember those days. They were flickering images in my peripheral vision that I couldn't quite focus on or bring into clarity, and my Wolf had long since lost the ability to recall the happiness we'd experienced when I was a child. As she held out her arm I pulled it toward me but paused, wanting to assure I had every facet of the plan worked out. "Is he still out there?" The thought of Cain fighting my pack members worried me; they didn't stand a chance. She didn't stand a chance. My mother nodded once, her expression changing into a serious one again. "Raziel has Cain distracted right now. There's a lot goin