Claire had been with Liliana for more than twenty years, so it wasn't wrong to say that the woman before her had practically raised her.
She respected her deeply and had long sworn her loyalty to her. The decision to follow Liliana to the ends of the world was something she made a long time ago.
Yet, the same Liliana had left her after the incident fifteen years ago and Claire couldn't even bring herself to blame her for it. That single incident had changed everything.
As she heard that emotionless voice now, her heart felt as though it was being pierced by thousands of blades. Liliana was never an emotional person, far from it actually, but she had still shown traces of emotion back then.
But now… only a hollow shell of a person remained. Even the faint emotions she used to display had completely faded after that incident.
Nonetheless, there were still a few things that hadn't changed. Her motherly love for her children still remained, even in this empty husk.
