She jerked immediately she heard the sound of Betla’s footsteps, looking up from her bed. Betla smiled at her, which was so unusual and she knew that smile meant something bad was about to happen, she walked up to her and sat at the edge of the bed. “You aren’t asleep yet?” She asked, making sure there was a reasonable distance between them, as though to remind her that there was no way she was going to change her mind about this.
Aranya wished she could cry everything out in front of her mother, but she knew that would only make Betla want Lorcán more, because she would like to bring an end to whoever she lied to her about. She sighed and sat upright, it felt like yesterday when she came to her the day she brought Jaromir home, and she couldn’t believe that she was here just after she ha
