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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

Tags: Josephine Angelini Starcrossed Fantasy
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