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“He fired me. I refused to agree to some of his requests. So, now I am just eating through my savings and enjoying life.” She smiled.

“Did you...”

“Send you a gift for your first heat? Of course. The least I could do. Sissy.”

Renner froze. “What?”

“Sissy. I have been trying to keep track of you, but you zip around so much. I had to find work at a company where we could work together. That worked until William stepped in, but I got to know you again. I have missed you, though you don’t remember me.”

Renner went up on her elbows and actually saw Tuesday. As she stared, the brown of Tuesday’s hair faded to glittering white, her eyes went from brown to purple, and her ears got larger and had a distinct point. It was an adult version of Renner’s sister. A version that Renner had forgotten.

“Oh. My god. Keres.” Tears began to course down her cheeks, and Armand came in.

Tuesday grinned. “There I am. Get your massage, Renner. We can talk when you are done.”

Armand stared at the woman with snowy hair. “You are an Elite bride.”

“Oh, sugar. Not a fucking chance. I am an Elite master. There is a reason they find the children and bind them. The men are powerful, but the women can reshape the world. For some reason, they don’t want that.”

Jasmine looked at Renner. “Should I continue?”

“Please. She’s not going anywhere.” Renner smiled. Her heart was so much lighter, and the memories were trickling back to her.

Armand stared at her and settled nearby. He was just examining her shifted attitude. “What happened, Persephone?”

Renner said confidently but softly, “She’s my little sister.”

From the other side of the room, Tuesday said, “Don’t worry, Armand. I will do a DNA test, so no one thinks I am glamouring her into believing me. Science can prove it.”

Renner sighed and let Jasmine’s hands work out all the aches and cramps.

Keelie finished, and Tuesday put her robe on her oiled shoulders. She was true to her word. She sat and waited for Renner.

A deep-seated happiness spilled through her, and the rejection she had been feeling all day smoothed out. She remembered her sister and their childhoods were growing in her mind. Even small scars on her body now had stories that she hadn’t been able to remember. Her family memories began at the accident. A funeral wasn’t a great place to start.

Armand asked Tuesday, “Who are you?”

“She told you already. Are you slow?” Tuesday sipped at the water her masseuse had left.

He blinked. “Holy shit. That’s... your expression is like...”

Tuesday’s voice said she was grinning. “Almost like twins. She’s older.”

Renner smiled into her table. “By twelve minutes.”

“That’s a good sissy.” Tuesday’s voice was smug. “I am sorry for staying away, but I draw a bit of a crowd now. I mean, I was adorable before.”

Renner laughed. Keres had always been the bolder one out of the two of them.

Jasmine said, “I have never felt someone relax just hearing someone’s voice. Are you and your sister close?”

“We were very close, and then there was an accident. We haven’t seen each other in over a decade.” Explaining that memories were creeping in was difficult.

Renner groaned, and when Jasmine got her to flip, Keres came and knelt at her side, taking her left wrist in her hand. “Let’s get rid of this nasty thing.”

Renner looked at her sister’s eyes and smiled. “You did a little happy dance in the tank.”

Keres grinned. “And the helicopter. I have never seen a tough guy sweat so fast.”

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