POV: Nyxara
The woman who looked like my mother smiled, but the expression held no warmth. Only cold calculation and buried rage that had festered for decades.
"You're confused," Seraphine said, moving closer. "Let me explain. I am your mother's sister. Her twin, actually. Though she never told you about me, did she?"
"My mother was an only child," I said, but even as I spoke, doubt crept in. My mother had kept so many secrets.
"Is that what she told you?" Seraphine laughed, bitter and sharp. "Of course it is. Selene always was good at erasing inconvenient truths."
"Selene?" My breath caught. "My mother's name was Selene?"
"Yes. And I was Seraphine. Twin sisters, born under the same moon, blessed with the same power." Her silver eyes, so like my mother's, burned with resentment. "But
