Something Amiss

Aira’s POV

I looked in the mirror as Chione braided my hair.

Who am I?

I didn’t recognize this person who lashed out at her family to defend a mate she so recently hated.

My heart wanted to believe Knox so desperately. Was Jack just being a protective big brother? Or was Elsa right and I should give him the time he needed to collect more information about Knox and the situation in Erupting Eclipse?

Who am I?

And what about if I left? What would happen to Warren, Elsa, and Blanche? They’d looked up to me all these years. I was practically their mother. Could I just leave them?

Mother was in a much better state of mind now, that was true. In point of fact, I felt a little usurped. But it was for the best, wasn’t it? I was always going to be married, mated, and sent off eventually.……