Hearing this, Ceci recoiled as if struck, stumbling back several steps.

"You're saying Linsy is Michael Helwart's wife?"

Ceci's mind reeled, refusing to process the information. How could this be happening?

If Michael Helwart was Linsy's husband, how did she not know? Why was it a secret?

"Yes, now let go of me!" Flora wrenched her hand free, rubbing her sore wrist. "My brother-in-law is Michael Helwart!"

Ceci stared at them, her expression a mask of skepticism and dawning horror. "You ...