TW: Child abuse depicted in this chapter (not Levall)
IRENE
Keeping a close eye on Stephi while we walked through the desert area I also kept an eye on our company.
With Stephi's memory gone, I had no doubt they would try something.
She was powerful, and I worried they would use this to their advantage somehow.
My thoughts were interrupted when a figure rose from the sand.
Her dark black hair hung matted to her body, her cold dead eyes staring past us.
I followed her gaze and saw the look on Isadoras' face.
He knew her.
He took a tentative step forward and I watched the interaction intently, curiosity taking over.
"M-mother?"
My brows shot up in surprise, he had been a demon for so long that I had forgotten he too must have been human at a time.
I turned back to the woman who
