Chapter 49

“That must have been… upsetting,” she said around the lump in her throat.

“She was never really gone though, was she, Maya?” Aurora asked. “She just came here, to Kinkadia, to the House of Dragons, and changed her name. She’s you.”

Maya felt like a knife had just been shoved into her ribs. All these years, she had hidden her past away, avoided those who could ever suspect who she was, and lived this new life. But now, here Aurora was… bringing it all to the surface again.

“My name Maya.

“It is Felicity,” Aurora insisted.

Maya closed her eyes fiercely. “Maya Felicity Argon,” she whispered. “My father never wanted to use my first name after my mother, Keres, died, but the mistresses in the House of Dragons had no such qualms.”

Aurora’s eyes filled with tears, and then she threw her arms around Aurora neck. “I’ve missed you so much!”

“Aurora , you can’t…”

But Aurora didn’t let her finish her thought. Didn’t let her tell her not to let anyone else know.

“This changes everything,” she said