Selene's POV
I also needed to start preparing, because meeting the woman who abandoned me, my mother….would change everything.
I just didn't expect it to change me.
The thought lingered inside my chest like a slow-burning ember, warm enough to unsettle, sharp enough to sting. I walked beside Elara and Lyra as we stepped out of Lyra's room, each of us wrapped in our own thoughts. Lyra kept glancing at me with concern lingering behind her eyes, the kind of concern only someone who had died and resurrected in the presence of terror could understand. I guess Adrian had told her about his death and resurrection.
"Come," I said softly. "Let's check on the Daisy and Elyon."
