KIARA’S POINT OF VIEW We had to come to a stop when I met Keres’ mother for the first and last time. She never had a nice picture in my mind, especially after learning how horrible she was to my best friend, but it didn’t matter at the time. Because she died in the most torturous way possible, and her misdeeds were little in comparison to the agony she had endured. Keres was inconsolable, and Asmodeus pressed her face into his chest so she wouldn’t see her mother’s horrible image. But I think it’s useless now. This vision will live on in her mind and soul for the rest of her life, no matter how many years pass, and today’s incidents will be a lifelong trauma for her if we survive Benedict, that is. It was only the beginning, and I was already considering quitting. The intense stench o

