HALI'S POV

"Happy birthday."

When I opened the door of my chamber, the first person I saw was my mother.

"Mother…" I hurried towards her and hugged her so freaking tight.

She disappeared for a long time. Rumor said she already died. To see is to believe, therefore I knew she did not.

"I'm so sorry, Son." She tapped my back over and over again as she cried on my shoulder.

Yes. Queen Haliana never was a good mother to me, but in spite of that, I never stopped hoping that I could correctly interpret the spark in her eyes every time she gazed at me. Possibly her past was...