Beyond the Starlit River
Only now did Mother seem to truly recognize what kind of filth her frail, gentle childhood sweetheart had always been.
Memories flashed through her mind frame by frame. Father's figure rose before her eyes, and Mother froze, as if plunged into ice.
If Adrian had been lying from beginning to end, then what about Gideon?
Had everything Gideon said before been the truth?
He had not targeted Adrian at every turn. He had not poisoned him. He had not betrayed her with another woman.
Startled, Adrian spun around and was about to curse the steward, only to freeze when he saw Mother.