On the way, Lena gazed out the window, lost in thought.

Chris and Elijah exchanged silent glances in the car, refraining from uttering another word. They had already spoken their piece earlier, and Lena struggled to come to terms with the fact that she was an illegitimate Chriss daughter.

"Your mother and my father once had a romantic relationship," Chris said cautiously. "They shared a symbol of their love—a pocket watch that Sasha brought back."

"Lenny, you do know that you and Sasha are twins, right?" Elijah chimed in.

Lena took a deep breath, her head throbbing. She had never expected that her mother had concealed so much from her.

"Lenny?" Chris said with concern, reaching out to hold her hand.

In the front seat, Elijah shot him a disapproving glance. "Let go!"

"Hmm?"

Elijah pursed his lips, fixating on Chris' firm grip on Lena's hand. It was strange. He had always found Chris alright, but now that he would become his brother-in-law...

Elijah furrowed his brows. "Why do you keep holding

him in disbelief. "Why should

her brother. What other reason

"Get out of here!"

"You..."

turning to look at them. Her confusion only deepened, and neither man

and Elijah exchanged glances, raising their eyebrows at each other in a

in the hospital?" Lena

"Yeah, she's still there..."

there

struggled to catch

and that makes me Nala's aunt! If Nala hasn't found a suitable bone marrow match

was shocked, his eyes welling

instinct was to offer her bone marrow to save Nala. They were twins, but

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