130

Damon

"How do we even get there? No matter. I'm sure we'll be able to work something out between you and me. I heard the rumors from a trusted source. Donatella has this way of spinning stories.

But she heard it from one of the lower cadre, one of the lesser families, I mean. I believe it was a man called Sergio or something along those lines. He said he saw her in the flesh, although I highly doubt it." I needed something to throw Frederick off Isabella's trail, and suddenly a bright idea came to mind. "Anastasia."

"Who?" Frederick asked.

"Romanoff. Anastasia Romanoff. When they were looking for her and many others in previous times, those who said they found her brought fake women. Women who looked and sounded like her, same eyes, same hair, similar looks.

But they were not her because they didn't have the same memories. They didn't know the things she was supposed to know. Perhaps that's the kind of person Sergio claimed to see. I wouldn't be surprised if the masked king stooped th