Chapter three: When Aivenna walked into her life
They couldn't have her. No matter what anybody said or thought, that was her daughter and she would always love her; even if her long lost twin sister was a stupid Overworlder…
Whose idea was it to separate them? Did the parents fight over them or something? If they fought over them, why were those two abandoned? Aivenna and Nivenna may have been sisters at one time but they weren't anymore. Aivenna was Intress's little girl and Nivenna was all hers. She would never let her go! But Takinom knew she would have to one day. One day Nivenna would have to live her own life and leave Takinom.
After that, would Takinom still be her mother? What if Nivenna didn't think of Takinom as a mother, but rather as the woman who could have kidnapped her when she was a baby and forced her to live without her family? Why didn't Nivenna ask questions? Was she afraid of her? Why bring it up? Why scare the child anymore than she already had? Nivenna may not have been a child anymore but in Takinom's mind that was still her baby and nobody, not even Chaor, could ever change that.
But deep down, Takinom knew Nivenna wasn't her little girl. She knew Nivenna was becoming more of an Overworlder every day. That wasn't as bad now that all the tribes were living in peace, but what if another war started? Would Nivenna still be an Underworlder or would she fight alongside Intress and Aivenna?
The thought of her baby serving the leader of the Overworlders and one day having to fight her mentor was more than Takinom could stand to think about. It might not happen, so why worry about it? But what if it did happen? What if Takinom had to fight and kill the child she raised on her own? She couldn't do it. That was her daughter no matter what anybody said or thought and she would never lay a hand or foot on her baby girl. That was her daughter and the Overworlders couldn't have her! They couldn't force Nivenna to turn her back on the one who had raised her! But what if Nivenna already had? What if Nivenna had secretly lost the mother-daughter bond they had when Aivenna walked into her life?