Adina stood by the balcony, a light shawl wrapped around her shoulders as she stared at the landscape.
It had only been three months, and yet Crystal Moon seemed much different than it did when Roman was in charge. She sighed, shivering slightly from the cold air. She had left Thessara to tend to Kora and Mason. She needed space, and that was her only way of taking it.
They had begun to talk about Carter and everything he had done. The more they spoke, the more Adina remembered what the man had done. Out of everything he did, there was one thing that stuck in her mind. When he had forced her to her knees and made her watch the beasts touch Kora.
That moment sealed it all for her, and no matter how much she tried to remember that moment, it was forever stuck in her mind.
