The entire room went hush.
Anna, who had been weeping, was so stunned her tears froze.
She was rendered speechless.
Erik must have realized what he said because he began to apologize.
"Anna, I am sorry." He said. "That's now what I meant.
But she jerked her hand free from her brother's grasp and glared at both of them.
"I was never welcome here. Back in the moonlight pack, I was an outsider, and now, in my own home, where I could finally call home, I am an outsider?" Anna demanded. "After everything that I witnessed in the moonlight pack. All the awful things Jasmine and her parents did to me. And now she wins? It's not enough that she torments and makes fun of me
"My own brother." She said she looked sharply at Xaden. "And my own mate?"
And then she looked sharply at Erik.
She shook her head.
"I expected this from anyone else, but not the only ones I view as family. Now I know I would never belong here
