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Elijah was left speechless. He had so many questions for Celeste that he no longer knew which to ask first.Celeste gave him a little time before continuing. “But Iris didn’t remain that way forever. Her body eventually began developing again, and she continued growing at will without even realizing what she was doing.”She adjusted herself against the pillows. “Unfortunately, she never recovered those six years she lost. Even as she grew older, she looked much younger than her actual age. That’s why so many people younger than Iris believe they’re older than she is.” She looked at him. “Even you, Elijah.”He could hardly believe it, though he understood now how easily he had been mistaken. Iris looked so young that it had never occurred to him to wonder which of them was older. Her manner of speaking and the way the senior disciples treated her had only strengthened that impression.Under ordinary circumstances, he would have dismissed such a claim as impossible. But if Iris could i
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Elijah frowned. What did she mean by that? He was about to ask when Celeste went on.“Once the child was strong enough to live without the incubator, I intended to send her to an orphanage or find somewhere else she could be raised and cared for. I had made up my mind, Elijah. I wasn’t going to become her mother simply because Cassandra had decided to leave her with me.”He just listened quietly.“I knew the child had already suffered enough. But I couldn’t bring myself to accept that I should be the one to raise her.”Elijah waited. Nearly a full minute passed before Celeste looked at him again.“The day I finally went to take the child away, I discovered something that made it impossible for me to do what I’d intended.” Elijah sat a little straighter as she continued. “Iris was seven years old at the time. Seven years. Yet anyone who saw her would have sworn she was barely a year old.”“A year old?” he repeated.“Yes. Her physical development was so unusual that even the medical pra
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Elijah Langston lowered his eyes to the photograph again. He searched the faces in it, hoping he had overlooked something that might help him understand what Celeste had just told him.How could he have met this elder sister of his without knowing who she was?He looked up at Celeste. Her eyes were still wet, and she was no longer trying to hide how deeply this affected her.“No… No.” Elijah shook his head as he pushed himself off the floor, unsteady on his feet. “It’s not… It’s not true.”He looked at the door, then back at Celeste. A possibility had started to take shape in his mind, and he wanted her to say something, anything, that would prove him wrong. But she seemed to understand what he was thinking without him having to say the name aloud.“You’ve always suspected something wasn’t quite right with her, haven’t you?” she asked calmly. “You could never explain it, but you knew there was something about her that you didn’t understand.”Elijah stood motionless as she went on.“Yo
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Elijah froze, staring at Mother as he struggled to understand what she had just said. The headache that had been troubling him was growing worse, and the pressure inside his head made it difficult to think.Celeste raised both hands to her veil and took hold of the fabric. He watched her pull it back over her head, revealing the face she had kept concealed throughout their encounters.His heart began pounding so hard that it felt ready to burst through his ribs. He drew back before he could stop himself, lost his balance at the edge of the bed, and fell heavily onto the floor.Celeste remained seated as he struggled onto one knee.“No… No, no, no. This can’t be real.”He shook his head, looking from the woman on the bed to the photograph trembling in his hands.“This can’t be true!”But each time he looked between them, the resemblance became harder to deny. The other woman in the photograph was sitting in front of him, her face unchanged from the picture taken so many years ago.She
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“But my father…” Elijah began, barely able to make himself heard.Celeste shook her head. “Your father might have been the only person in that entire arrangement who wasn’t hired to play a role. Perhaps he was genuinely the man Cassandra chose to marry.”She hesitated before adding, “But I cannot even trust Cassandra enough to say that with certainty. When it comes to her, I learned long ago never to assume anything.”Her voice softened a little as she looked at him. “The only people I can confidently call the true Langstons are you and the other children she gave birth to.”Elijah bowed his head again. The room felt unbearably warm, and a headache was beginning to develop as he searched his childhood memories for something that would contradict her.There had to be a detail she couldn’t account for, something that would prove the people he had known were genuinely related to him. He remembered them living as a family. He remembered the names, the relationships, and the stories expla
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“I knew you would say exactly that, Elijah,” Celeste replied calmly. “But it’s not just you anymore. I won’t be the same either.”Elijah looked at her in confusion.Celeste drew in a deep breath and released it slowly before continuing. “Elijah, there’s no going back after tonight. Once you learn the truth, you cannot simply choose to forget it.”He clenched a fist and nodded. Whatever she was about to tell him, he had already made his decision, and another warning wouldn’t persuade him to leave.Mother closed her eyes behind the veil, taking a little time before she spoke again. “Everything you think Cassandra was, she wasn’t. And before you begin asking questions, I think it’s best I tell you who she really was, long before she moved to Brooklyn Heights and established the Langston family you grew up knowing.”Elijah listened closely as she began.“Cassandra and I were both senior disciples under Isadora Dreadmoor. We trained under the same master, and through her guidance, we both
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