“Not all of it,” the Queen said softly. “At least who you were before you came to earth and the life you lived. You don’t remember—that’s why you don’t recognize me yet.”

“Huh?” Meret furrowed her brows confused.

“You are not just the late Gamma’s daughter,” the queen said firmly. “Nor are you merely the Gamma by position.”

Nothing she said was making sense to Meret at this point. If anything, it only deepened her confusion. If she wasn’t who she thought she ...