Twenty Three.

Bella

“It’s treason, plotting against the Queen.” Aiden murmurs, pacing the hallway. “Either they have high hopes their plan will work or they haven’t got a clue who she is.”

“They know.” I mutter. Of course they knew. They were killing males but going after females to do who knows what to them. The Queen would be the ultimate goal.

When I look up, he is staring at me. “You know more than what you are saying.”

“I don’t. Or at least I don’t think I know more. Don’t you think it's all weird?”

“Weird? My mother is missing and you are calling it weird!

“That’s not what I mean. Until now, no female has been reported missing. Why?”

He shakes his head at me. “I don’t know. What I do know is that we are wasting time.”

“What if they are like me?”

He shakes his head at me. Not following what I was trying to say.

“Once, a prized possession until they were no good anymore. Tossed aside because they had become to much of a threat. Sold to the highest bidder.”

“Dom’s dead.”

I nodded my head. I kne