Ame POV “What did you just say?” “The child, the Shadow Hunter’s heir….he is yours.” She repeats with such convincing conviction. “No that’s not possible, I would know…” I correct her. I would have felt something…a connection, something towards Athan. Besides he looks nothing like me. “Call Doctor Bind, he’ll confirm it. She got to him early…and the beta. Call him…” Her words stop me in my thoughts, how could she have known that…how could she have known Dessa got to Bind and Garrett. How can she invent a lie that is actually true. “I can’t.” “Why?” “Because he is dead,” “Dead?” “He was killed by poison….and I was framed for his murder. Tortured in fact…” With each parting word from my own lips I start to feel a puzzle being formed. Her words start to finally make impact deep within my inner consciousness, reaching my soul. Something recognises her words, something inside of me that I didn’t even know existed. “You were?” Lacey creeps along the bed, her eyes fixed on mine
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