I couldn’t help but wonder about the strength behind Adelaide’s power if even her own mother—the high priestess of the dark witches—desired it so badly.
“Where did they go?”
Jane bit her lip, then shook her head slowly.
“I don’t know exactly. Adelaide kept in touch only with your mom, and Alaric kept ties with the king since the two were close.
Although she said a lot, I could still sense she wasn’t telling me the full truth. How would she even be able to tell me all of this as if she’d experienced it first-hand, if they had supposedly fell out of touch?
“Can I ask you something, Jane?”
“Yes?” she gulped, nervously.
“What exactly happened to them?”
Jane exhaled. “They sacrificed everything to be together,” she murmured, her voice a bit sad. “But it backfired.”
Her eyes softened,
