RAFAEL

I had a brief talk with the Elders, and just as I suspected... they hid it from me. Elder Mave finally confessed that Linda had been threatening them for years, even from inside that goddamn cell.

Just hearing her name makes my blood boil.

The fact that she still has the nerve, the power, to exploit and manipulate from behind those iron bars? It drives me insane.

The only reason she's still breathing is because she's the mother of the woman I've grown to love. And even though I was a fool for hurting her, for taking my anger out on Lila... I regret it. Every goddamn second of...