*Rion*

Every nerve in my body seemed to be screaming out with rage and grief. I had known in my heart that my mother had died a terrible death, but I couldn’t have imagined what Daphne was telling me. As she spoke, flashes of my memory were appearing in my mind.

They weren’t painful this time, just jarring as I saw my sister’s toddler face in my head, her large eyes filled with tears as she gripped me. That was quickly followed by the terrified but ...