Chapter 36.

Faizah:

I don't understand, my lady. Dana had been silent for several seconds before she found her words again.

“I’m a genetically modified clone, Dana," I sighed. “created to be put in the place of the real princess,”

Why would they do that?

“Because the real princess is apparently an evil sociopath.”

So you’re not the Felicia we have been searching for? Dana’s confidence was breaking by the second.

“Well, yes and no.” I sighed again, exasperated at this situation and by the facts of my very existence. “My mother called me Faizah, and I guess that's who I am.”

She has a king switch too, doesn't she? Fear laced Dana's thoughts now.

“Yes,” I said.

This complicates things. This is very dangerous. Somehow I could feel that Dana had started pacing. There were never supposed to be multiple king switches. That defeats their whole purpose.

“I don't know all the details, and my memory is still spotty. But I don't think Felicia is supposed to have survived this long.”

Then why did sh