Checkmate, Heiress
Yoyountouchable lady novel ch 23
Marigold, her personal maid, brought over a small gold bowl and carefully drew a single drop of blood.
"I swear, I hope this one really is my ninth daughter, so I never have to prick myself again."
"Heaven willing, Momma, this will be your ninth daughter for real."
Everyone at Griffith Manor already knew there were supposed to be nine daughters coming home. With me, that made ten—my mother liked to say I completed the set, her perfect ten.
When the first "real heiress" came home, her blood matched both parents', and the three of them had wept in each other's arms with joy.