Merrideth Peterson

''"You're all monsters. You do realize that don't you?" -Merrideth Peterson''

Merrideth is Lue's birth mother. She appears only a few times throughout book one but returns in book two when Lue returns back home. She is human and has no blood relation towards the werewolf gene in the family. She is unaware of the supernatural realm and tends to have a hard time dealing with it.

Appearance
Lue and her mother are strikingly similar in appearance. Merrideth has long light blonde hair that is never casually down (usually in a bun). Her eyes are hazel and usually change from an olive green to a chestnut brown. She is always seen in old dress and never in casual wear.

Character Analysis
Merrideth absouletly loves children and family. She loved Lue greatly as a child but once she learned of Lue's curse it all changed for her. Instead of being a loving mother she stripped all happiness from herself and became nothing but a strict woman towards Lue. She does not love Lue as a mother should. She leads Travis to Lue and sells Lue short. She is unstable when she thinks of Lue's curse and the death of her other daughter Trista. She runs away whenever she cannot handle something usually having her husband chase after her.