The Heiress Returns: Reclaiming My Legacy
I turned and a strange woman stood there, her eyes fixed on me so hard my stomach twisted.
“Can I speak to you for a second?” she whispered, glancing toward the children as though the walls had ears.
I straightened, frowning. “Do I… know you?”
Her lips trembled, but her words came steady. “No. But I know you. You’re the daughter of the Black family.”
The stack of books slipped from my arms, thudding against the floor. It was as though the air had been sucked out of the room.
“W…what?” My voice cracked, brittle and too loud. “The daughter of… who?”