My heart started racing so fast that it felt like it was about to jump out of my chest.
Maybe they would just tell Xaden that I was not the legitimate daughter but an impostor and leave him to kill me.
But Luna Maria reached out to me.
When her hand first went over my head, I flinched.
But then she caressed my messy curls and said, "My daughter, we love you. No matter what happens, we will find a way to save you."
I was shocked.
Why was she saying this?
Then she pulled me into an embrace, and I could perceive her perfume and her feminine warmth.
Then she let me go.
"Are we not allowed to have time with our daughter before you take her away?" Luna Maria asked. "After what you did to my son,"
Then, it dawned on me that she was pretending.
They were all pretending.
They couldn't let him know that they had been abusive to me.
"Your daughter hasn't seen anything yet." He promised.
