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?Yes, we can,? Helen said, wiping one cheek, then the other, then
back again to the first in what seemed like an endless procession of
tears that needed to be wiped away. ?The children of mixed lineage
can only be claimed by one House, and I was claimed by the House
of Atreus. It?s been happening like this from the start.?
?From the start?? Lucas asked, recalling Cassandra?s earlier
statement. ?Star-Crossed Lovers are repeated in the pattern. How
many other Scions of mixed lineage are out there in hiding??
Helen sniffed and stared at him with a tiny smile. He was so
sensitive, so quick to pick up on every detail she couldn?t stop herself
from adoring him. There were an infinite number of ways for
her to admire this one person, and because of that, there were an
infinite number of ways for her to fall in love with him over and
over again. She realized that she wasn?t going to have to give up
Lucas just this once and be done with it; she was going to have to
give up all the different ways she could have learned to love him
every day from that day forward. The weight of all of those future
heartbreaks pressed down on Helen until she had to drop her
head, unable to look at him as she answered his question.
?Daphne calls us Rogues, and yes, there are quite a few of us,?
she said quietly. ?No one knows how many, but there are at least
twenty that my mother can locate.?
?So if these kids can only belong to one House, but their parents
are from enemy Houses, one side of the family . . .?
?Is sent into a Fury rage and hunts that baby down. Daphne said
the urge to kill the newborn is almost irresistible, the same as it it
for a newly made Outcast. One of the parents has to fight their
family for their child, and it usually means that paren
t either dies