Eleonore’s POV
“My—my mother? You met my mother?” I was so shocked I could barely speak. I knew that Selene had made a deal with my father but why—why did she know my mother? Just how long had she been planning this?
“Don’t look so surprised. I’ve lived long enough to meet a lot of people. Your mother though—when I realized she was going to have you, oh, I was so excited. I finally found another soul with multiple mates. Someone who was going to have so MUCH vitality for me to take.”
I felt sick to my stomach, listening to her talk, but I couldn’t speak as Selene continued, recounting everything.
“The first time I’d been overconfident, far too young and those mutts trying to protect their mate got the better of me and she ended up dying. So I decided I’d be smarter the next time around. I’d bide my time and when I found another I wasn’t going to let them slip through my fingers, your mother certainly tried though.”