The Golden Cage Of Two Monsters
I spun around, my Glock raised, my heart hammering against my ribs.
From behind a massive pillar, a figure emerged. It wasn't Killian. It wasn't a Blackwood Reaper.
It was a woman. She was dressed in a simple white linen shift, her hair a cascade of silver, her eyes a haunting, familiar shade of violet. She looked like a ghost, but the warmth of her breath in the cold air told me she was very much alive.
"Who are you?" I demanded, my finger tightening on the trigger.
"I am the one Lucian couldn't save," she said, her voice a melodic, tragic hum. "I am Isabella Moretti. The Grand Patriarch’s first 'successful' experiment. And your mother’s twin sister."