Shade opened the door.
She stood just outside. Shade didn't say anything. He stepped back, and she walked in.
I stayed in the chair. Something felt off between the three of us. Maybe it was the baby. Or maybe it was that Shade was staring at someone who looked exactly like me. I didn't like how that felt, and I could feel through the bond that he didn't either.
She walked straight to the couch and sat. No hesitation. No scanning the room. She opened her bag, pulled out a small phone, and tapped quickly.
Then she held it up. "I cannot speak or hear. But I can read lips," she wrote.
I stared at the screen. Shade shifted to the corner of the room.
I kept steady and leaned forward. "Who are you?"
"My name is Athena. I didn't know about you. I didn't know anyone looked like me. I never
