I wonder why I dreamt of Mother's death...It is such an ominous sign.
"I am looking for someone," a woman said in a quiet voice.
"Arielle, someone is here for you," Maura said.
I quickly made my way down the stairs from the second floor. At the entrance of Exurbia Library was my mother Duchess Amalie Ira Nereus Maddox. She was wearing a white high collar navy blue dress and had her gentle long pink wavy hair tied back into a low ponytail.
"Greetings, Mother," I said as I formally greeted her with a curtsy.
"Greetings, Arielle," she said as she returned my greeting.
My mother and I had gotten close in our first lives because of her illness. Without the illness, we never really had any chance to talk to one another. We were back to our strained relationship.
I know that she actually l
