LYRA'S POV
The woman paused a little bit before driving back into her story, “I think she somehow knew what was happening, but she didn't know the people involved. It wasn't until I started getting short of breath that I confessed to her.“
“How did she take it?“ I asked her.
“She blamed herself. She said she could have handled the situation better. She cried for hours before throwing herself into my cure potion. Your mother was the kindest woman I'd ever known. She felt our pain more than we did.“
Tears welled up in my eyes at the hand fate dealt my mother. Even after being nothing but kind, she got killed far too early, and her young daughter was left to fend for herself.
“So? Tell me everything.“
She was speaking in a low voice, so no one would suspect I was with anyone.
“When s
