<b>Chapter </b><b>88 </b>
She grinned widely as I called her name.
“I was beginning <b>to </b>think <b>that you </b>would never <b>recognize </b>me.”
I shook my head as I furrowed my brows. “But how?<b>” </b>
She smiled and <b>I </b>could detect <b>a </b>hint of sadness in the smile.
<b>“</b>It’s nice to finally meet you, Amara.”
She stretched her arm out for a handshake and I nced at it. She nodded, a smile still etched on her face as she urged me to have a handshake with her.
I hesitantly took her hand and she sat down on the chair in the room.
It was then that I had the chance to nce around the room. It was small and had intricate designs and carvings on the wall.
“I’ve been looking all over for you.”
“How?” I scrunch my face.
I didn’t know that she practiced witchcraft or whatever craft that made her change faces multiple times.
She smiled.
“How am I sure that this is you?”
“Oh, easy. I can take people’s faces but not their memories. Ask me anything only I–Selene would know.”
I eyed her suspiciously. “You might be lying about that fact too.”
“You’ve been lied to, a lot.”
“Yes,” I affirmed and she sighed.
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“Let me show you something<b>.</b><b>” </b>She transformed into Rielle and grabbed the lit candle by the table, using it to burn her <b>skin</b><b>. </b>
I scrunched my face and she <b>winced </b>as <b>the </b>skin became red. She suddenly transformed back to being Selene.
“I can’t withstand pain in someone’s body.”
“Fine<b>, </b><b>let’s </b>say I believe you<b>. </b><b>But </b>how can you do all <b>that</b><b>? </b>How did you find me?<b>” </b>
She chuckled. “It’s <b>a </b>long story.”
<b>I </b>shook my head. “I want to hear it. I have time.”
It was she I was looking for after all. Now that I had seen her, all that was left would be to strategize but for some reason,seeing her scared me. She didn’t seem like the innocent, gentle, sweet Selene from 8 years ago.
Not that I would me her. Nine years was a long time and considering what happened to her, I wouldn’t me her for having changed.
Everyone had changed. Even I wasn’t the same meek, foolish woman I was when I had first met Lucien.
She chuckled again and I realized that she had the habit of chuckling. I wanted to ask her about her children but thought against it.
“You’re sure about that?”
“Absolutely!”
She shifted in her chair and then in a serious tone. “You do have time, that’s good. But your children do not.”
I frowned and then sighed heavily. She knew a lot about me, it wasn’t a surprise that she knew about my children. She must’ve known that they were abducted.
“What do you mean by that?” I demanded, realizing that she had said they did not have enough time. I wanted to
know if she knew about Kai.
Greyson had told me that the artifact was missing which meant that Kai was at their mercy.
“You tell me.‘
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“Oh. You must not have heard,” she chuckled as her eyes twinkled with mischief.
“The <b>crone </b><b>is </b>dead-”
My jaw literally fell as my mouth opened and I mped my mouth shut quickly.
I was struggling to process that piece of information when she dropped another.
“And Kai isn’t with them anymore-”
<b>I </b><b>didn’t </b><b>know </b>where <b>I </b>got the strength from, but I stood up quickly.
“What!”
“Where is my son? Where is Kai?” I rushed to her, grabbing her dress.
“Easy–easy. He’s safe.”
I refused to sit and she kept nudging me to go back to the bed.
“We have a lot to talk about, you and I”
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I swallowed hard as my eyes down my face.
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darted around the room in a bid to fight back the tears that threatened to stream
“Now, I could tell you all about how I got my powers but that would
your time as well as mine.”
“What—what do you want?” I blinked back the tears and she smiled.
“Now we’re talking.”
“You and I basically want the same thing,” our gaze met and I swallowed the painful lump in my throat as I had a vague idea of what she wanted.
“Lucien,” she smiled.
“I don’t care about bing Luna anymore. I never cared about that. I just wanted Lucien–I really loved him.”
I swallowed hard, wondering what exactly she needed my help for. I didn’t think Lucien cared about me
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anymore and I sure as hell was not about to go through any of this again. I just wanted to take my children and get out of Silverpine forever.
“So, here’s what I want your help with. I want to go back to Silverpine–as you-<b>,</b><b>” </b>She was still talking when I interrupted her.
I didn’t understand what she meant by going to Silverpine as me.
<b>“</b>What-”
She raised her hand to stop me. “Let me finish.”
I nodded. “I will take your face, but doing that alone isn’t enough. Lucien will know that it isn’t you—he won’t feel the bond. So I need that bond and in order to do that, we’ll swap bodies–”
I didn’t let her finish as I shook my head rapidly. I should’ve trusted my guts that were screaming at me to move away from her.
“No–no, no, no,” I disagreed.
I knew that a magic so strong like that woulde with repercussions and there was something off about her. She had changed and for all I knew, she was even worse than Rielle.
Would only be for some days–weeks maybe but I assure
“Don’t worry, you won’t be hurt. I assure you that and it you that I will give you back your body,” she promised and I scoffed.
“How can I trust you?”
“Don’t. I said it before. Don’t trust anybody. Just risk it, after all, I’ll help you protect your other child in Silverpine and I’ll tell you where Kai is after we swap.”
I thought about it for a while. I would have my children, but my face would be gone, reced with hers. I would be able to move about freely as much as I wanted without fear of being seen.
It was a risk I was willing to take, after all I had nothing else to lose.
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“Fine.”
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