**Adri (POV) **
[Kaarmanet, The Castle of Legends]
When mom pulled us to the balcony, I knew the moment I'd been dreading was finally here. My hands shook and my body shivered in fright. I knew Vira had been trying to talk to me to discuss our decision while I had been trying to avoid her with every possible excuse. Not that I feared she would in any way influence my decision, but because I didn't feel like she (or anyone) would understand my predicament. Yes, Vira had been ill-treated by Rebh in the beginning, but that was nothing compared to my relationship with Cahan.
We were childhood sweethearts, engaged to be married when he went out bedding any girl he could find, cheating on me quite openly. As if that weren't enough, he humiliated me while having an affair with my best friend (
