Sins of the mothers

Isabel’s POV

The world tilts under my feet as Selene’s words crash through the air.

Aria is Vivianne’s and Felix’s daughter.

My breath catches.

Wait… what?

She’s… Cynthia’s half-sister?

My thoughts stumble over themselves as shock sinks deeper. Is that why…?

Flashes hit me—moments I never gave too much thought to. The sharp, silent glares Aria always threw Cynthia’s way. The way her whole presence changed anytime Cynthia entered the room—tense, coiled, angry. And how easily, how immediately she agreed to fight alongside me to take Cynthia down.

So this was the reason all along. It wasn’t just revenge—it was personal. It was blood.

Everything makes sense now. The reason Aria worked herself half to death to earn every naira. The secrecy. The refusal to speak about her mother. We found nothing about her past because she hid her mother away, buried her from a world that wanted her gone.

I can’t believe what I’m hearing.

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