Baiting the Trap

**3rd Person POV**

Everyone turned to look at Queen Isolde as though she had lost her mind.

“It is the only way. Vance needs them to blackmail Marcella into surrendering her soul,” explained Queen Isolde.

“So you're suggesting?”

“I am not suggesting that the twins be handed over, only that they be used as bait to lure Vance out.”

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Meanwhile, in the underworld, Princess Bellona had come up with