Chapter 36

My hands gripped the paper tightly as I reread the first line over and over. “47% Zoldeck ancestry detected.” That’s what it said. The blood test results were in confirming everything I had ever known to be a lie.

My chest tightened once the realization set it and my world was spinning. I felt woozy like I had just gotten off a roller coaster but in reality, I had been sitting still.

My name wasn’t my real name. My family wasn’t my real family. I had no idea what was true and what wasn’t. I felt like my identity was gone. Who was I?

I had so many questions. I thought about calling my mom and dad, but were they really my mom and dad? Was I adopted or could one of them be a witch? We had pictures together since I was an infant and I never witnessed anything that would give any indication of the sort. There were just too many variables. I didn’t want to take the risk of freaking them out or sounding crazy if they weren’t my biological parents. They already thought I was on the verge of