Chapter 16

• Divina attempted to suppress her fury, but it was a futile effort. She found herself wishing she had extinguished Winona's life with her own hands at the moment of her birth. At least then, she wouldn't be grappling with the pain and humiliation of being the mother to a girl cursed by darkness.
• No matter how much she tried to deny her, she couldn't alter the fact that their blood was the same. She was Winona's mother, and Winona would always be her daughter, even if she disowned her.
• Winona would forever be the curse she was doomed to bear for the entirety of her life. She would always serve as a reminder of that reckless night she spent with her father, Miko McKellen.