My first instinct was to pursue her, though I don't know why. It wasn't like I had a current gripe with the woman who bore me, though the fact she'd killed Daphne and taken the realm of Life back again still rankled. Especially since she tried to blame me for the Death of my least favorite sister.

Still, there seemed something odd about Isis, the way she disappeared without a chance to get in a dig or a gripe in my direction that felt off. Life itself, the power she ...