"I know mother was strong, but I never expected that she was that clever even as a child? Then who gave her the name Cassia?"
"Your mother rejected every name your grandmother suggested. In the end, my late mother-in-law allowed her to choose her own name."
Though Kelsey had never known her mother, her admiration for her soared instantly — perhaps even higher than her admiration for her father. "Then what happened?"
"As your uncle mentioned, Cassia left the clan for twenty years and returned as the first Demon Emperor. Knowing how difficult it would be to suppress the demon race, the God Realm dispatched me to defeat her… and yet, I fell in love with her."
A faint smile touched Deon's lips.
"Later, we had you. When we realized you possessed a life force even purer than your mother's, Cassia relinquished the throne to protect you. We hid in a realm untouched by the gods. The rest… You already know."
"Then what about the necromancer magic Uncle Riga mentioned?"
