Page 56 of Seeded By Two

It illuminated both me and the large room I was sitting on the floor of.

An observation deck.

Designed for couples to come and admire the view, I supposed.

And it was a gorgeous view.

The sky was as dark as velvet, thick and rich, the bright twinkling lights of the stars shimmering like lost souls.

The Seeding Facility was located on the top of a mountain — one of the largest in this solar system — and had been one of the reasons I had chosen this Facility over all the others.

The gorgeous view.

It was a welcome reminder there were bigger, more important things than the events that happened in my life, events that would prove to be minuscule in scope compared to the vastness of the cosmos.

With a sigh, I pushed myself onto my feet.

My legs wobbled, aching not only from the run but the exertions of the morning.

With two freaking Princes!

I stumbled over to the railing and held on.

My eyes stung, but the tears, for now at least, had run dry.

I shut my eyes and let my mind go blank.

In it, a pair of faces kept flashing before me.

It was the same face — identical save for tiny details in the eyes — and they both wore the same shocked expression.

The same haunted and horrified look that had been on my face.

And I realized the two Princes hadn’t known about each other, or at least were equally shocked as I had been at discovering them in the room together.

So, I guess that meant it couldn’t have been a game, some kind of cruel pursuit to entertain themselves with.

For some reason, that made me feel at her — a little at least — although how this whole situation could have ended up the way it had, I had no idea.

Why hadn’t they simply told me?

Why hadn’t they been honest and open with me?

I sensed movement behind me and turned to see the two hulking Princes approaching.

They wore different clothes, but their bodies were otherwise identical.

One wore a hood and cloak over his head, casting shadows over his features.

Not that I needed to see them.

I only had to duplicate the other face that was open and exposed.

I shook my head, unable to tell them apart.

Seeing them together, approaching me like this, produced a shiver that ran the length of my spine.

I couldn’t console myself with the comforting thought it had all been in my mind.

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