Chapter 16 ONE MOTHERLY ADVICE AFTER ANOTHER

SELENE

I heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" I asked, feeling unnerved that someone had come between my thoughts.

"It is your mother."

My eyes reluctantly left the portrait as I turned to see her walk into the room.

"We need to talk, son," she said.

I shrugged. "We always do, mother. What ...