Chapter 163

Bella looked uncomfortable, but she persisted. "The Wolf let us watch some yesterday. They were reporting on our disappearance but they didn't mention you."

Sighing internally, Trish just shrugged. "I'm an orphan. I was on Earth on scholarship."

"I don't understand." To her credit, Bella truly did look like she didn't understand. Her position as a citizen of the Moon in a real family, with real wealth and power, meant she probably had no point of reference for what Trish's life had been like. She was completely protected, inured even, from what the Moon was like for anyone who wasn't really part of their elite community. Still, this time Trish did sigh, out loud.

"When was the last time an orphan was taken by the Wolf?" Maybe some history would help Bella understand, since she obviously didn't get it.

"Umm..." Bella made a face. "Sorry, I've never been a Wolf follow