The Shadow Twin

Lenora's mind reeled, struggling to process this impossible new revelation.

"Twins," she repeated slowly. "You're saying Leona has a biological twin sister that none of us knew existed."

"Yes," the woman confirmed, moving closer with careful, measured steps. "My name is Lyra. I was born just minutes after the child who would become Leona, in circumstances so dangerous that Isolde and the medical t