Adina didn't give her the chance. "Don't send things to the temple anymore. Since things between us have come to this, it's best we both go our separate ways in peace. In the future, if anyone from your family line awakens a Dark Element affinity, I won't give them special treatment, nor will I deliberately suppress them."
"Let's stay out of each other's way."
"That's all I have to say. I'm leaving now."
"Mother, this is the last time I will call you that." Adina's expression hardened. "Since you chose Lilith over me in the past, then you should continue to choose her, always."
"As for me, I'm choosing to walk away before you get another chance to choose. I will no longer yearn for your conditional motherly love. This is how it will be from now on. We will never meet again."
"Don't tell me how regretful you are. I won't listen. You... and your family can just keep living your lives. Just act as if I never existed."
After saying her piece, Adina glanced at Davidson. "Let's go."
