In anger and disbelief, I confronted her.
“NO! You're lying! It is you! You killed your own daughter! You sacrificed her to seal your pact with the Daemon!" I yelled at her.
She dropped her head and I nodded at the acknowledgement of her guilt.
“You're right. I killed my own daughter," she admitted despondently.
I straighten my shoulders feeling justified in my anger. She was trying to mess with me to keep me from my goals. Well, she would have to try harder than that. By the end of the night, I was going to have my children back.
“But not for the reason you think," she interrupted my thoughts. “And you have no reason to trust me, but I sacrificed her in hopes that I could save her before she finalized the pact with the Daemon. What I didn't know was that in doing so I, myself fi
