Chapter 51

I walked with Ishtar until we were a good way away from the rest of the group. We could still see them and turned to look at them as they trained in the distance.

 “What do you know?” She asked me in an interrogating like manner.

 “I think I know who my mother is.” I answered honestly. She looked at me, not convinced.

 “Who is your mother?” She demanded more than asked.

 “The primordial goddess of light.” I answered. She sighed and her demeanor changed to a lighter, sullener one.

 “Yes…Albina was her name….” She revealed to me. “…she had been asking me for a very long time to allow her to transition, but I kept making excuses. I did not want to see my sister leave me, so I did everything in my power to keep her, including forbidding her from finding a replacement. In the end, she ended up running away from me and having you without my knowledge.”

 “Nocturne told me before that gods have to have a replacement in o