Sunset Valley And she'll do what she pleases

Rae took no offense to Lilia's bristling, primarily because she herself was battling a number of feelings. Discomfort, mainly — but there was an inexplicable hurt there too, and more infuriatingly, something like hope. A very specific sort of hope, one she had long since abandoned and thought lost forever to her.
Lilia knew her name.
Her hackles rose, and she took a step back. Raelle Shila Blackwood-Mayfair, She corrected quietly, steeling her voice to hide the storm of emotions brewing within her. And you - you're - you're her, aren't you? Lilia Sakari. These names had become her mother's mantra in her last days, a desperate bid to ensure Raelle remembered, because she had been the last.
The last to see Antha alive. Guess I should tell ya - our mom is dead, She added flatly. The mix of emotion within her was quickly boiling down to pure, misdirected, unjustified anger. Her ears flattened, and she took another step back. Been dead for a long time. Not that you would know.