A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

He was clearly a bit uneasy, worried she might not believe him.

Honestly, Calliope found it kind of funny.

"Relax," she said, grinning. "I don't think your taste is that questionable."

No matter how hard Yvette tried, there was just no way Silas would ever be interested in her. Calliope was absolutely sure of it.

Besides, Silas was no fool. If Yvette claimed she had a secret, Silas wouldn't just take her word for it. He'd dig for the truth himself. He wasn't the type to just walk straight into her little trap.

"Anyway, what did you mean by 'being prepared'?" Calliope asked, curiosity getting the better of her. Silas had claimed he was ready for anything, but so far, she hadn't really seen any proof of that.

"Don't tell me you're just relying on brute strength? No backup plan?" she teased, giving him a skeptical look. He did have a bit of that swagger, but it just didn't make sense. After all, he seemed to have zero respect for Yvette.

"You'll see soon enough. Someone's already waiting for us," Silas replied, flashing her a secretive smile.

familiar figure across the room-so familiar, in fact, that for a

identical to Silas's, and when he turned around, Calliope's

who's basically your clone?" Calliope gasped. If she hadn't been holding Silas's hand since they

facial expression, even the way he moved

twins or something?" she asked, glancing back and forth between them.

some pretty advanced disguise tech. Pretty impressive, huh?

at all," Calliope admitted, still stunned. "That's... honestly amazing.

the double, who nodded politely at

he turned to Calliope and

"You

been around the Myers estate for a white," Silas explained. "You just never noticed. I actually have two Stand-ins on staff. Sometimes I

of situations would you need

shrugged. "Like