The Mistress
She was standing in front of a window, and behind her, I could see the glowing red sign of the South Tower.
“He’s right about one thing, V-01,” the woman whispered, her voice a chilling echo of mine. “Daniel did kill a girl that night. But it wasn’t Isabella. And it wasn’t me.”
“Then who died?” I asked, my heart stopping.
The woman leaned into the camera, the scar on her face jagged and white in the light.
“Check the birth certificates in the dossier, Victoria. You didn’t have a best friend. You had a twin. And Zander Blackwood is the one who chose which one of us got the crown… and which one got the grave.”