"I know about what happened. I know about how she used to be. And I also know about Liamel too."
The more I spoke, the more Amelia's intensity seemed to subside. She went from seething to silence; her claws retracted back down to her side and I could feel my life expectancy shoot back up to an entire lifetime.
"Adalia showed me what happened after a bit of convincing, she was a bit reluctant at first - afraid I'd come to hate her, as if that's even a possibility," I said, speaking firmer, breathing with a bigger breadth now no longer with a jagged knife hovering against my throat. "That being said, she only showed me what she could. The rest - she said something about not being able to, about her memories being - "