Ethan and Tessa had always treated me with kindness, accepting me as one of their own. I knew this, yet ever since I’d discovered the contract, I couldn’t stop the nagging doubts in my heart.

I wanted to rid myself of those doubts. I wanted to love them the way they loved me—with trust and without suspicion.

Alfred chuckled lightly. "Like father, like daughter."

I froze at his words. Hadn’t he said earlier that he didn’t remember my father? My breath hitched as ...