LILYS POV
My heart galloped in my chest as I ran down the stairs. It couldn't be true. She couldn't be here. I'd been thinking of all sorts of different ways to rescue my mother, coming up empty. If Gideon couldn't find her after all this time, how could I? But I was willing to try, until my last breath if necessary. When I reached the entrance hall, I grabbed Bens arm, searching for the impossible.
And, impossibly, she was standing in front of me. I blinked the tears away, afraid they would make her disappear. Her scent hit me strongly, and Aya lurched to the surface wanting to be with her mother. Our mother. Part of me, a small part, took in her gangly appearence; She looked something awful, dirty and underweight. The larger part of me was reeling from the fact that she was truly, real
