Fifty-two:
Prince Declan
I was certain that I had heard wrong.
“What do you mean, Elsie is Fiona’s mother?” I asked.
“Fiona was supposed to be raised by one of the thirteen Lords of Coleum. Lord Belenus. But she wasn’t his child. She was adopted, because Belenus couldn’t have children. She was also a bastard,” my father said. “Elsie was the twin sister of Rose James’s mother. She got pregnant as a teenager and was shipped here to avoid scandal. When Rose was born, she was given to Belenus so that Elsie’s secret could remain hidden. When the revolution happened, Elsie was still here because King Rowan wanted to avoid suspicion. She survived the transfer of power that occurred when King Rupert and his family took over. Elsie found out that her daughter was in Scotland, an
