Chapter Twenty-Nine

I carried Maya to her wing of the castle. She had cried herself to sleep again and I had the lair doctor waiting to give her a check-up. Abby walked inside with Milo once again holding her and I saw Luciana from the corner of my eye as I walked down the long hallway.

I stayed while the doctor took her blood pressure and prescribed something that was safe for the baby. She was on her side with her back to me as I sat next to her and stroked her hair. She seemed calmer now and then she turned her head to look at me.

“We weren’t close but he was still my brother.”

“Of course he was.”

She sighed and shifted around to look properly at me. “He wasn’t a good person but he seemed so different with Abigail that I hoped the things he did in the past was behind him.”

“What things?” I had to fight to keep control of my voice because she knew things I didn’t know and I’d left my sister with him.

“He was accused of rape once but the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. I don’t think he did it,