Stepping In It

*Blanca*

After Candace left, I’d sat there immoble for quite some time. Her statement about Nessa being the worst match for Kieran had made me nauseated. But I’d managed to eat the food she’d brought me, and now, I’m pacing in the small area of my room.

I can mind-link with Mr. Blake but no one in my family. Just to prove it, I try sending Candace a message that I’m done eating, but she says nothing back to me because she can’t hear me.

My own family treats me worse than garbage. Why would they do that?

The Moon Goddess matched me with someone who can’t possibly be my mate if everything I’ve been told my whole life is the truth.

But what if it’s not?

What if I am from Escuro? I have no idea how that’s possible since I have flickers of myself sleeping in a crib far away from everyone else in the castle except for the mean old maids who used to take care of me. I remember crying for my mother and being snatched out of that crib and shaken.

Maybe that never happened, and it’s just a bad