My Mate Sent Me to Asylum Chapter 03

My Mate Sent Me to Asylum Chapter 03

Two days later. I sat in the back of Charles’s car. The city blurred past the window.

“I’m so glad you’re coming. Mom’s missed you.” Iris smiled at me.

She called her Mom.

I stared at her. Silent. The only sound was the soft breathing of the sleeping child.

“Luna Sophie officially adopted Iris a few years ago.” Charles’s voice was wooden.

Right. That tracked.

Iris had taken my place. Completely.

The party was in the most extravagant ballroom in the city. Guests packed the room. All of them werewolf elite.

I shuffled in behind Charles. Loose jacket. Black mask.

The stares hit me like arrows.

Iris smiled and walked straight up to my mother. “Mom. I’ve got a surprise. Charles found Nova. She’s alive.”

My mother followed her gaze. Surprise flickered. Then her face hardened. “She’s no daughter of mine.”

She’d always hated me.

I still remembered the pack competition. Me versus Iris. Healing wounded wolves.

The whole thing was broadcast live on every screen.

My mother sat on the stage like always. She watched Iris the entire time. Cheered for her.

So did Charles.

But I still won. Healing was a gift. Training could only do so much.

The judge opened his mouth to announce my victory.

“She cheated!” My mother’s voice rang out.

Enforcers swarmed me. “You’ll need to come with us.”

They found a syringe in my pocket.

My ears started ringing.

Charles had prepared my outfit. He was the only one who’d touched it.

I stumbled backward. Cameras flashed in my face. Blinding.

The judge disqualified me.

My mother marched up and slapped me across the face. “How dare you disgrace this family!”

Overnight I went from pack prodigy to public enemy. I ran. Left the reporters behind.

I needed to find Charles. I needed answers.

But when I did. I wished I’d gone blind instead.