pte

on speaker. The soft glow of the phone screen cast a pale ligh

t is it?" I asked, trying

hrough, low and serious. "It is the result

aned forward, my hands clenched into fist

n the ticking clock on the wall seemed to pause, as if the entire room was waiting for Liam's next words. I c

st. Part of me wished he would just say it, whatever it was so my mind wo

like she already knew something terrible was

erased their existence and don't want people to know about them based on the

the words. "How could that be?" I a

rily frozen around me. My childhood memories played in my mind like a broken film reel: blurry faces, muf

l of that

mbered was just a story I

he kind that comes from losing somethi

mine, offering a comporting sq

hill down my spine. "There is no couple with the nam

ng. "I think I really remember it correctly... I was smart and at the age of 5 had known some things, I am sure t

new she was worried about me. But I couldn't

ued, my voice shaking. "Just one afternoon, everythi

e bearing those names in the same city" I

e no such people as Noah and Nina Isolde. So it might be either yo

m Isabella's standing up

s blurred into streaks of gold and blue, glowing softly against the night sky. People w

ent, I en

st identities hangi

ndering if their entire ch

g the faint vibration of passing cars ground me

he touched my shoulder. "We"ll figure it

ination wash over me. I would uncov

age of 5. I was not raised in the orphanage

squeezed my eyes shut as the memory of that day flickered in my mind. A silhouette. A hand on my shoulder. T

nage didn't want to be remember

e air around me felt heavier, as if someone

done it at birth, not after I was old enough to remember some

hy, but I knew she was worried. Liam'

dead," I continued,

he orphanage and they erased my parents' existence to avoid any com

here was more to my backgro

oice was

ly logic I can think

l undercover to investigate? They

y head im

igate anymore. No

ot to involve the supernatural undercover. My instin

owed, but she knew b

be careful, Selena, because we don't know if your bi

, forcin

romi

ng it from the speaker, then walked to my room.

memory. Which makes me try to know my true family and investigate the name of m

e might be fake

ce or the identity of the person who dropped me off at the orph

d catch the faintest sound outside the window or feel a strange prickl

f our apartment building, certain I heard q

it was

something e

ored the feeling, it

t now is wait for the time those that dropped

, who fight against the other races for the right of us humans and help us regain our freedom from slav

umans. Only the Lycan secluded themselves from th

umans they deal only with nobles and leaders. They stay wi

es? Or did they offend one and have their e

t hope I and those I l

for my new job and I can't be late on the first day the first impression I

ow tomorrow is