ADIRA
“Baylee,” I said when she opened the door. Baylee was the luna’s assistant, and she was always around when I was younger. I always liked her. She was kind to me, even when my mother asked her to scold me.
Baylee’s eyes were wide with shock. “Adira. What are you doing here?”
“I’m here to see Luna Freya,” I said. I kept my tone formal. I was here for business, not family purposes after all.
Baylee held the door partly cracked. She looked around with an almost panicked look in her eyes. “Um, but you’re not supposed-”
“Baylee, please,” I said, cutting her off before she said the words I dreaded. “I need to see my mother. Please tell her I’m here.”
Baylee pulled her lips as she decided what to do. “I can’t promise she’ll agree to see you.”
“Tell her I won’t leave until she agrees t
