"You are the child sent to Mallory. You are Maximus' illegitimate child."

　　No!

　　I am my mother's daughter.

　　My mother's name is Stella, not some imposter!

　　I shook my head in denial and stared at Dorian as tears ran down my cheek.

　　This is a dream. All of this is a bad dream.

　　I want to wake up. I want to wake up from this terrible nightmare.

　　Please, goddess.

　　I want to wake up from this dream!

　　"So... You knew who I was when... when I first came here?"

　　As much as I dread the answer to that question I knew I had to ask.

　　"Yes."

　　Dorian's reply struck a...