Selene’s POV
This can’t be happening.
Two minutes ago I was being engulfed by my mother-in-law’s warmth and affirmations of love, now the rug has been pulled out from under me so abruptly I think I might actually collapse.
Certainly Bastien’s words on the ferry had startled me, frightened me even. I suspected he intended to do something like this, the way he kept muttering “we’ll see.” But I never imagined it had already been done. I thought I had time to counteract him, to come up with a plan.
“What do you mean?” I ask hoarsely, “I already told you, she isn’t yours.”
“You did.” Bastien acknowledges with a razor sharp tongue. “But I had a DNA sample sent back to Elysium just to be sure.”
Odette looks back and forth between us, doubt marring her features. “You didn’t know he took a
