***
Regina rounded the room for the thirty seventh time, still refusing to believe what she was hearing. After every few seconds, she would pause and glance at Adaria who was sitting with her feet crossed on her bed. She would shake her head then, and resume her pacing.
“What else did he say?” Liana asked, seated across from Adaria on her own bed.
“Not much,” Adaria replied. “That was pretty much all he told me, right before he said I would have to return to Hyland.”
“Excuse my language, but that sounds like a load of bullshit to me,” Regina said. “I know he’s my father and all that, but he has no right to send you away. He just can’t. And why would he choose to do this right now, just when he learned that you were onto him? It all seems a little bit convenient, if you ask me.”
Neit
