"If any one of you remembers anything... Anything at all, do not hesitate to find me."

And then I dismissed the last of the servants with a silent nod, then slowly watched them bow and scatter like autumn leaves in the wind. None dared ask questions.

I sat on the edge of the stone hedge in my garden with my hands folded in my lap and my spine painfully straight. The breeze was cool.. too cold for summer and it cruelly bit my skin like it knew the bad and unforgivable things I had done.

I could still feel the sting of Mira’s cheek beneath my palm.

Goddess please forgive...