Aeliana adjusted the clothes she was wearing. She could see how much the place had changed—unfamiliar and distant, almost like a forgotten dream. She couldn’t believe she had once lived there when she was young. Returning now, she didn’t know what she would discover—or if there was still anyone waiting for her.

She was accompanied by the driver assigned to her by Silvanus. Their first destination was the place she had only recently learned about. She wanted to meet the woman who had ...