Chapter 39 - Family matters.

Helena

I felt lost. For the first time in my life everything was perfect, but I felt lost. I couldn’t believe that I had actually found my parents. For so long, I wondered about them. About who they were and what happened to them. I wondered if I looked anything like them, but always thought I would never know!

“Helena, us meeting was fate.” Oliver’s eyes grew wide and from the look of surprise on my parent’s faces, I could tell this was going to be big!

“That’s right!” Rebecca gasped. “You were betrothed when you two were little!” She exclaimed and I frowned.

“How could you do that? We were just children?” It made no sense to me.

“True, but you were the only royal children. It was expected that the two of you would one day find out you were destined mates. At least, that was the hope back then. But then you were taken and that hope died.” Elrich explains and I nod. I can understand that everyone thought that, but what if we weren’t mates? What if we had those perfect lives only to fi