Chapter 60. Marionette

River frowned. “What are you talking about?”

“I heard her speak while she’s spacing out. It was in French,” Evelyn muttered, looking River in the eye. “And it’s not like she learned it before, especially not in the kind of environment she was in.”

Evelyn added, “She’s a native. And you know what? She kept on calling her mom in another language. Another thing? Earlier, she showed signs of breathing difficulty. Do you know what I suddenly remembered?”

“You’re overthinking it, Evelyn,” River said, trying to dismiss all her statements. “Serenity or I don’t need questions right now—”

“It’s the incident when the Montgomery Mansion was burned to the ground!”

River stopped speaking. For a moment, he also forgot to breathe.

“That’s where the Princess was lost, too,” she added. “And you’re aware that I have the chest that came from the late king and queen, right?”

“Stop it, Evelyn…”

“I checked everything as soon as I had the suspicion that she m