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Nadine
Micah and I stood, but he kept me tucked into him. It seemed he needed to touch me, to feel me, to be sure I was really here. I wasn’t complaining.
“You finally found out who you really are,” Mani said.
“About that,” I started. “Did Ceris know who I was? Am? Or would be?” It was all so confusing.
“No, she didn’t,” Mani answered.
“We merely pointed her in the right direction,” Nay said, looking at Ceris. The goddess only nodded.
“Oh-kay,” I muttered. “Next question. Micah’s and Victor’s soul found new hosts just a few years after their deaths. How come my soul stayed adrift for thousands and thousands of years?”
Mani took a step back. “You were the first goddess to find out what the Black Thorn could do. Sad and lost after your sister’s death, and against your own principl
