“Even regardless of the fact that she caused your parents’ death?” Eva asked.

“Maybe. I was struggling at that time,” Cristofer said. “Sometimes I really hoped that I could have a doppelganger who could go to see her secretly every night, keep her company when it rained and thundered, and protect her when bad guys bullied her. Alas. If only I could have a doppelganger.”

“We are all ordinary people, not vampires or supernatural creatures. How is it possible that we have a ...