CHAPTER 51 –  Anna“Run it again.”Roman’s friend in the lab looked up incredulously. “Your Majesty with all due respect, I have run her bloodwork three times. The results are the same every time. Evangelina does not share your DNA nor does she share that of Angelica or Rachel. Her closest match is Cian Constantin. I am more than willing to bet she is his daughter.”“It doesn’t make any sense,” I shook my head trying to make the pieces fall into place. But no matter how many times I did, they still refused to cooperate.“But the next closest relative is Margaret Dumitru.”The man looked almost apologetic. Roman, on the other hand, was completely poleaxed. His face had lost all of its color and I worried that he might pass out. I knew better than to reach out to him in front of someone else. Roman was very proud and didn’t like feeling weak. But my instincts were screamin

CHAPTER 53 - Amy“No, I am not leaving here. I don’t care what you say!”I plugged my ears like a four-year-old and started humming—loudly. Anna and Rachel had just spent the last twenty minutes telling me how wrong I was to hide away.“Amy,” Rachel’s tone was placating, and loud. I suppose that I could hear it over my humming. “You can’t live the rest of your life in a cave. There is an entire world out there to explore.”I unplugged my ears for the briefest of moments. “There is an entire world to explore in these caves. Did you know there is an entire jungle down here? And that it has its own river system? I could explore for eons and never get bored.”Anna’s eyes narrowed. “What about people?”“People are bad,” I parroted what I had always been taught. “We kill first, ask questions later, right Veti?”Helvetica actua

CHAPTER 55 - BradDon’t look at her tits and just respond to the summons. I could do this. The moment that I got word from Amy that she needed me. I wanted to come crashing in like a knight in shining armor. I was one once, a long time ago, so I know how a bloody hero is supposed to act.But these days, I am not sure if I am the hero or the bad guy. My brother, Henry and I, were palace guards for the Vasile family. We were present during the massacre and were only able to save one child—a twin.I enlisted my older sister, Helvetica, to help protect the baby, and I swore her to secrecy. Not only would she have to give up everything and go into hiding, but I didn’t even want the child to know of our connection. The less the girl knew the better.Helvetica reported to me that the child cried nonstop for days for her sister. The girls were toddlers and old enough to know that something was dreadfully wrong. I cursed and promised V

CHAPTER 57 - AmyIt had been a very long eight days of being restrained to a bed. I had come to know Henry’s scent almost as well as my master’s. Actually, strike that, I was to call him Brad now. Everything seemed so strange now. My senses were heightened to an uncomfortable degree.I heard things that were happening clear throughout the castle. Obviously, the nights were the worst. I could tell stories about the inhabitants that would curl your toes. Anna and Rachel were some of the worst offenders. It was as if the perfect world that I had lived in with Veti and Master never existed.Now, I was shoved into an alternate reality where I was constantly battling with my body. It seemed to have a mind of its own.I finally broke down on day three and allowed Rachel and Anna to see me. They entertained me with their stories of how it went when they turned. I was grateful for their compassion and kindness. As well as highly entertained by some o

CHAPTER 59 - Amy “Are you sure this looks okay on me?”I had a hard time recognizing myself in the mirror. The ill-fitting clothes and messy bun were gone and in its place was a rather nice-looking young woman. My platinum blonde hair hung down my back in soft waves. The red pencil skirt fit my new curves like a glove. The silky black top was a perfect match for the black ankle boots that she insisted I wear.“Okay?” Anna laughed from where she was sitting across the room. “That doesn’t begin to describe how amazing you look.”I frowned. “You have to say that; you share my face.”Anna winked at me and went back to her magazine.“You look incredible,” Rachel answered. “I can’t wait to show you off to Henry and Brad.”A flush stained my cheeks.“What makes you think I care what they say?” My words were bold, but my blush said o