She wanted to painfully torture him but they could not assert control over him. Follow the rules of the world... Keep things the way they should be... And yet they allowed Adeline to keep her lightning powers! Adeline in her past did not have any powers!
Annora gritted her teeth, her hands trembling with frustration. She wanted to break Edward, to make him suffer, to make him kneel before her in complete submission—but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't assert control over him. It wasn't working.
Her fingers dug into her palms, nails pressing painfully into her skin. They kept telling her to follow the rules of the world, to keep things the way they should be. But what did that even mean? They had no problem letting Adeline keep her lightning powers!
Adeline.
Her stomach twisted with rage at the thought of her.