Ava’s POV
I'll never forget the day my mother sent my twin sister, Bea, away. I was just a child, but I remember the pain and anger that coursed through my veins as I watched her leave. My mother had always been distant, cold and heartless, but that day was different. She was determined to get rid of Bea, to get rid of the other half of me, and leave only one of us behind.
I grew up feeling abandoned and unwanted, with a deep-seated resentment towards my mother for choosing to keep me and reject Bea. As I got older, I began to realise that my mother had been manipulating me, using me to further her interests. She had used dark magic to keep me loyal to her, to keep me dependent on her.
But I refused to be controlled. I rebelled against her, learning dark magic and eventually breaking fr
