Mariam's POV
Luna Emma and Alpha Damian were outside, supervising the decorations, which still needed some finishing touches. It was uncomfortable to see them, not only because they were still strangers to me, even now that I had to call them 'parents,' but also because I knew their lie: they wanted to pass me off as their biological daughter, along with Anthony, turned into my twin brother by that farce.
"Mom, Dad, this is Melany," I said, pretending they weren't the strangers they really were. "Melany, my parents."
I noticed Luna Emma and Alpha Damian looking up and down at my friend, as if she were a specimen I had brought from a museum.
"Delighted," Luna Emma replied for herself and her husband, who chose to greet with a rather unfriendly smile. "I suppose you’re going to change, r
