“My parents really tried to join them?” I ask in a small voice.

“Yes.” Marian said looking down on me.

“They barely escaped.” She said.

“And me?” I ask. Marian looked down at her feet.

“I- I saved you.” She said.

“So…you’ve lied to me all these years?” I choke on tears I’m trying to keep in.

“Adalia…” Marian pleaded.

“You’re not my mother.” I accuse. River puts a hand on my shoulder and I shake him off.

“WHERE ARE THEY” I demand, my voice shaky with tears that threatened to fall.

“I don’t know.” Marian shook her head.

“And the cult?” I ask raising my chin.

“Dead.” Marian said narrowing her eyes.

“Don’t you dare think about it. Adalia, I forbid you leave this establishment!” Marian says with a shout.

“And what power do you have over me Marian?” I ask. She looked at me with surprise, and hurt. I had always called her mother but why should I? She wasn’t.

Hours later I had found a way around the security guarding the home, guarding me. In my black cloak I walk to the last place I had heard the cult had met and sure enough, there they were.

As I listened from the shadows I find that…I agree with a lot of the ideas….