Chapter 457
Judy’s POV
My blood went cold at the sound of her question. I stared at her and she stared back at me with a glint of humor in her eyes. I wanted to vomit at that moment; all the food I had just eaten resurfaced.
I could feel Gavin’s agitation towards his mother, but he remained quiet, just glaring at her like he was trying to kill her with just his eyes.
“I’m sorry, was that too forward of me?” Donna asked. “You see, Judy. I have some concerns, that’s all. I’m a mother above anything else and I care about the figure of my son and his children… current and future.”
I swallowed the limp in my throat at her insinuating words; I remained silent though, not sure what to say. I waited for her to continue. She studied my face for a long while before she continued.
“I only want the best for Gavin, as you know,” she continued. “If you aren’t good enough for your own fated mate, what makes you good enough for my Gavin?”
My heart fell deep into my stomach; she was right. I wasn’t good enough for Gavin. I wasn’t even good enough for Ethan, someone who was supposed to love me above anything and anyone else. My fated mate. I was kidding myself if I thought for a second that I was good enough for Gavin Landry, the most powerful Lycan Chairmen in the world.
I looked at Gavin and saw how tense he was; his eyes remained fixed on his mother and his jaw was tensing with each passing second. Donna leaned back in her seat, placing her fork gently on her plate as she took me in.
“I hope you don’t take any offense to that, Judy. I want to like you… I really do. But what kind of future could a rejected mate give my powerful son?”
Soon, Gavin’s chair was scraping across the marble floor as he stood up quickly. I was shocked by the sudden sound, and I looked up at him with wide eyes, wondering what he was about to do or say.
“Mother, you’ve said quite enough. I came here with her thinking you wanted to actually get to know her, but instead, you’ve disappointed me by acting in the same way you did previously. Your questions and your insinuations are not welcome, and they are not necessary.”
Donna’s frown deepened as she stared up at her son.
“Gavin I am your mother. Don’t speak to me like I am a child,” she said, her brows furrowed.
“Then stop acting like one,” Gavin shot back. “I won’t hesitate to walk out that door if you don’t start behaving.”
Donna pressed her lips together.
“No need to lose your temper,” she said after a beat of silence. “Just sit down and eat your dinner. Seriously, Gavin.”
He stared at her for a long while before he lowered himself into his seat.
Donna turned her attention back to me.
“Do you have any siblings?” She asked.
“No, Mam,” I replied, trying to be as polite as possible I just wanted to get through
this dinner in one piece and leave as quickly as possible.
“Do you go to school?”
“Yes,” I replied. “I’m training to be a Gamma warrior.”
I was surprised she didn’t already know this information, seeming as I was all over the news after I won the Gamma competition.
“A Gamma warrior?” She asked, looking down at my body and then back to my eyes. “That’s quite a dangerous job, don’t you think? Shouldn’t you leave that to the men?”
I took a bit of offense to that, and I pressed my lips in a thin line.
“I’m actually top in my class, and I’ve been trained by some of the most skilled masters,” I told her. “I attend the Whitmore Shifter Academy, which is the most prestigious school in the world. I might look small, but I can fight, and I know my way around most weapons.”
She raised her perfectly trimmed brows at me as she continued to assess me.
“I see,” she said, leaning back in her seat. “I personally would feel safer if you left the Gamma work to trained professional men. Those who are tall and strong and not small and scrawny… and packed in a female body.”
I was so taken aback by her rudeness that I had to fight the urge to jump across the table and attack her. I had to physically hold my wolf back; She was taking Donna’s words as a challenge, and she hated being challenged.
“Judy won the Gamma competition, Mom. She’s the real deal,” Gavin said, his eyes narrowed as he stared at his mother. “She’s about to become part of the Elite force once she graduates from college.”
Donna’s eyes grew wide.
“The Elite Force?” she asked. “That’s quite an accomplishment.”
“I’m surprised you didn’t hear about my victory,” I told her, eyeing her carefully.
She waved off my words as if they were no big deal.