Chapter 119

Kas looks up at me as if she’s seeing me for the first time. I’m not talking about the scared girl who hid her abuse under a baseball cap, hoping no one would notice her hair turned silver and her eyes bright violet. Not the one who didn’t understand who she was or what her fate was meant to be.

This is the woman who’s been going through the motions of life, trying to hide in plain sight. She does it lifetime over lifetime without fail. She’s the one who smiles for the entire world, but doesn’t truly let anyone see behind the facade she’s created for them. This woman’s love is fierce, but you don’t know that until it’s gone. And when it is, not even the strongest liquor can fill the emptiness it leaves in its wake. This woman has literally been to Hell and back. She has endured unthinkable atrocities to protect the ones she loves. The ones who need saved so much more than she ever has.

Kas Latmus is the reason the Moon Goddess made me who I am. The reason Selene cut a deal with Perse