Adrian's P. O. V

"There's no need for that", The Dutchess said, standing in front of Samantha. "My daughter has already found her way to me".

I stared at Samantha who looked totally disillusioned from what was happening in the room.

But now it was all starting to make sense.

_Why she didn't bother to search for her mother after arriving at the Federation. Why she acted cold towards the Dutchess and why she didn't want to linger around after she had done all she needed to do._

"It can't ...