Chapter 47. Crystal's Daughter

Mia had a lot going in her mind.

Escaping the harrowing experience at the tower was ignominious enough. To top it up she had the revelation about her mother. It would have been alright if it stopped at that but she had to deal with her new found aunts. While the two were busy engaging with Mia in hope that Mia might have been sent by the new queen to terminate their exile, Mia was lurching from the truth about her birth. She had heard how passionately her father spoke about her mother. It was sure that there was love. But never had Mia fathomed the depth of her mother's sacrifice, may her soul in peace rest. Every word her mother had spoken, every advise she used to give, made more and more sense to her now that they were so out of reach. Mia had been desperate trying to find a way to help Anjana and the mer-boy, ever since she had known about their fate. She, however, had no idea her mother had been living a lost life just for the sake of them. Her mother had given up he