"Mother?!" Aria yelped with a truly dark expression. Instantly, the sight of the poor woman gave her flashbacks to how her own severely mistreated mother looked after Kaiden saved her from becoming a brothel worker.
She'd been on drugs for a long time, forced by her ex-boyfriend, who became her captor. Julia Levander was severely mistreated. She was frail and in horribly poor health, so much so that when Kaiden first laid his eyes on her, he instinctively understood that he was looking at a dying woman.
The Moon Valkyrie found her and Naira's situation far too similar, at least from a first glance. She didn't know the nuances, but she didn't need to. The gist of the situation was far too easy to grasp.
Naira bolted forward before anyone could stop her.
