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stuck on something in the past? It’s not like he interacted with them, so he didn’t know them well. It was confusing. Was her own blind lust making her susceptible to this new thought process, or was it simply growing up and thinking for herself?
    She needed to know. Why the blind rage? Ingrid finally made her way home with nowhere else to go. Her father was waiting on her, disgust on his face.
    “ Pack your bags and go,” he said as calmly as he could. His eyes were bloodshot, as if he’d been crying, though his face was stone cold at the moment.
    “ Daddy?” She stood, stunned into silence and stared at him. It was hard to speak. She choked on tears, trying to find words. “Daddy, tell me why…” was all she could say.
    He looked away from her. “You’re your mother’s child,” he said coldly.
    “ What?”
    “ Just go.”
    “ Daddy?” She was confused by his change.
    “ You belong with them.”
    “ I don’t understand.” She dropped onto the sofa. “Daddy, talk to me.”
    He shook his head. “I tried to keep you safe, but you betrayed me, just like she did.”
    “ Dad, you’re not making sense.” Her head was swimming after the events of the night.
    “ You’re not mine. You belong in Mountain View Crest like the rest of them. Your mother, she betrayed me. You’re not my blood.” He turned away.
    “ But, I’m not a shifter,” she started, back pedaling. Her head grew dizzy. “I’m just a human.”
    “ You share their blood. I was afraid at first, but you never turned. I realized that while you carried shifter genes, you didn’t turn. Your mother…she…she strayed. I lied on the birth records and recorded myself as your biological father so it didn’t show up in the town records.”
    “ But you stayed with her?” Panic laced her voice.
    “ She was pregnant, what was I supposed to do? Let her raise a child alone? He didn’t stick around. I loved her. I loved her with all my heart, even after what she did to me.”
    “ How do you know I’m not yours?” She was stunned.
    “ She got pregnant before we married. She didn’t know who the father was. I told her I’d raise the child either way, because I wanted her in my life.”
    “ I could be yours…” she started.
    “ You’re not. We got you tested,” he said, dropping his head. “We went out of town for the testing, so it wouldn’t show up on the local register.”
    It was too much. It all happened too fast, too soon. It was information she didn’t want to know. Well, she wanted to know, but not like this, and why now? Why all these years later? Would he have ever told her? Her mind circled around the questions, unable to sort them out. “You’re pushing me out?”
    “ I don’t need the neighbors to know.” He looked away. “Look, I love you, Ingrid, but there’s hostility here towards Mountain View Crest. I can’t have shifters showing up at my door like that. People will talk.”
    “ Wow.” She was stunned. Hurt. Angry. Overwhelmed. What now?

Chapter 7
     
    She sat in her car, her suitcase on the seat beside her with nowhere to go. She’d go to a hotel for the night and figure out the rest later. She just couldn’t seem to turn the key in the ignition. Ingrid shook. Her hands white knuckled the steering wheel as she tipped her forehead to rest on the top of it. This was wrong.
    She got out of the car and took a deep breath. Approaching the house she’d just left, she went back inside.
    “ Dad,” she said, walking back into the family room where he sat unmoving. “This is wrong. Please don’t turn me away. You’ve loved me all my life. Why turn me away now? Why not embrace the fact that you’ve been there for me. That took courage and strength and love. Why turn me away with hate now?” She was broken.
    He looked up, his face slack. “I don’t hate you. I’m saving you. If you stay here, and people find out…” he looked away. “It has to be this way.”
    “ Then come with me.”
    “ This is