Bella:

"I... I didn't mean to."

I choked out the words as I inhaled deeply.

Ryder grabbed me, pulling me into a hug and patting my hair gently.

"It's okay, Bella. We don't have to continue the training," he said, and I nodded as I let the tears hanging in my eyes fall.

I thought my mother hating me was bad, but finding out that my father wasn't innocent was taking a toll on me. I wanted to leave, bury my head in a pillow, and bawl my eyes out like I had been ...