Adeline smiled when she realised that the name she had selected for her daughter was used for her. She really seemed to like that name.
Adeline wiped her tears, but they kept coming.
Her mother's hopes, her mother's dreams… She finally had a glimpse of them.
Adeline and Alaric both wanted the same thing.
They wanted the Richmond family to pay.
For trying to sell their mother off to an older man.
For using her for money.
For abusing her.
For barely giving her the necessities to survive.
Adeline's grip on the diary tightened.
"Mother, I promise you…"
They were going to make them pay.
Adeline stepped out of the estate, the diary clutched tightly in her hands.
The night air was cool, but it did nothing to soothe the storm brewing inside her.
