[Denali’s POV]
I stare at my mother, trying to make sense of what she is saying. Was that the reason that I was here? Because I used the command already?
“So there is no going back for me,” I say quietly. “I truly died.”
“No,” my mother counters. “You aren’t.”
“But I used the command.”
“You couldn’t have,” she counters. “If you were to use the command, you wouldn’t even be here,sweetheart. Your soul wouldn’t exist.”
“But I used the command.”
“Denali,” my mother sighs, giving me a look of grief. “I think it is about time I completely opened up about everything from the command to your twin, and even about hiding my will.”
Nodding, I wait as my mother seems to collect herself. It was clear from her expression that everything she was about to tell me was difficult, but she kept me in
