“Their plan is in motion,” I said the moment I saw him.

“Are you sure about this?” he asked.

“Yes.”

I had earlier discussed my suspicions with me and my plan in dealing with them. I planned that this did not escalate into a full blown war but at the moment nothing was certain. They had kidnapped Agnes and replaced her with a shapeshifter. I had known the moment I had walked into my room earlier that the girl gazing lovingly into the painting by my bedside was not Agnes but ...