Maelis POV

“No, she couldn't have done that,” I said repeatedly, pacing the length of Lucian's study as I tried to process the possibility.

It was just impossible. There was no way anyone would do that to their own daughter. Anna might have been neglected by her mother, but would Mira really be crazy to the extent that she not only fed her child the exact thing she was fatally allergic to, but also kidnapped her from the hospital bed? Using her own flesh and blood as negotiating material to force Lucian to hand over my mom and me?

But for what?

If Mira had a grudge against me, she...