“If you’re reading this, Kael has finally told you the truth.”
I read the sentence again.
My mother’s handwriting blurred as tears filled my eyes.
For years, I had imagined what it would feel like to hear her voice again.
I never imagined it would be through a piece of paper that had been hidden from me for so long.
I wiped my eyes and continued reading.
Elara, if this letter has reached you, then the seal has begun to weaken.
My heart stopped.
“The seal?”
Nyx stirred inside me.
Keep reading.
I held the letter tighter.
There are things about you that I could never tell you while you were young. I wanted you to have a normal life. I wanted you to grow up without fear.
A tear slipped down my cheek.
Normal.
That was all my mother had ever wanted for me.
Yet my entire life had
