"Ianthe, Ianthe! Are you alright?" Lord Valentine is looking at with worry.
"Lord Valentine?"
He smiles to try to comfort. "You're having a nightmare. It's alright now, you are no longer in the nightmare."
I nod in response. Lord Valentine's smile seems forced. He looks distracted and worried.
Thinking back to what Lord Valentine's mother said before I was pulled out of the dream, I know I have to confront him. I am really grateful about what Lord Valentine has done for me, but I have to know the truth about my death. I have to protect my parents.
"Lord Valentine, I... was approached by... someone who claimed to be your mother in my dreams."
"My mother?" Lord Valentine laughs dryly. "Ianthe, it's just a dream. You know my mother has passed away."
Cordelia's aunt, Lord Valentine's birth mother, has really passed away in a war before the birth of Cordelia. But this mother is not the same as that mother, is it?
