Theia jerked back to reality with a big gasp and was stunned to find herself in unfamiliar surroundings. Sweat beaded her forehead as she struggled to figure out her whereabouts. The somber setting didn’t help, and she switched on the light quickly, gulping water from the glass on the side table.
It was only after several seconds that everything came tumbling back in her memories. The prune surroundings settled in as she remembered that she was a guest to the Stones. She was in the Sun room in the freaking Blood Stone castle.
Iliana Stone and Ace Stone were her hosts, friends of her mother Theresa Varro. This was the first time she was visiting them. But she could swear that she recognized them. It was Ace’s voice which had triggered her memories.
She’d been here before, hell, she’d
