Before either Cristie or I could say anything, Ella tsked.“Roy,” she said, her voice chiding. “There is a good reason for that.”Roy looked at Ella like she had gone insane. She ignored that and smiled, putting a hand on his arm.“Just hear them out.”Roy swallowed whatever he was about to say and looked at me. His eyes scanned me from head to toe again, noting my hair color and eye color, which were similar to the real Colton’s. I was only a couple of inches taller as well. Every other physical change, except for my face, voice, and scent, could be explained as a normal human body growing with time.I waited, looking all hopeful and innocent, for him to drop the first clue. To say that the real Colton Grace was an actual Beta.“Prove it,” he said, instead. “Prove you’re Colton Grace. Because right now, you don’t look like my friend or sound like him.”I cracked a smile.“Do I smell the same, then?”Roy’s expression faltered into indecision.“I don’t remember his scent clearly,” he r
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