Prelude to Revelation

Lenora's mind raced through the implications.

Ronan would arrive within the hour, walking into a house where his mother, whom he had mourned for over two decades, stood very much alive.

"He can't walk in on this unprepared," Lenora said, looking at Ophelia. "Whatever reason kept you away for twenty-three years, whatever protection you believed this required, springing it on him without warning cou