Lissana kept looking at her mother. She had her eyes closed, and Lissana wondered if she was asleep.
"Are you afraid of sleeping?"
"A little."
Abril began to stroke Lissana's head, running her fingers through her hair.
"Maybe this will help you sleep."
"Mom, how did you know you were in love with Dad?"
"Why do you ask that?"
"It's obvious that you two are madly in love, but I've never asked how your love story came about."
"Our marriage was political."
"Was it love at first sight?"
"Not at all, your father hated me, and I wasn't interested in him either, to be honest."
"And when did you fall in love?"
"Much later, your father ignored me for three years. I lived alone in a cabin far from the main palace. One day he was attacked, and my powers were starting to awaken. I ended up
