She stares at me. "I had no choice," she says with a sigh. "See, I have a son - born a werewolf. I didn't know I had a mate until I met him one night. Everything happened so fast when we were together, but my mate was mixed up with the Elder - something I didn't know at first." She looks at me again. "My mate said I should help him because he wanted to become the most powerful werewolf in the country."

"I wanted nothing to do with it. Then the Elder had Jason grab my son from ...