News of Ivy

"Are you hiding something from me?"

Her question did not raise any suspicions she had, but Emma knew better than anyone how badly she wanted his answer to be yes. The familiarity she got from him was mixed with comfort, which she felt for a single person.

"Other than my strength and genius attainment?" Alexie did not answer but threw in a joke instead. Emma pouted with displeasure at his usual deflection using humor, but she refused to let him off the hook.

"No, something regarding your identity."

"I am a bastard?"

"...are you acting ignorant?"

"How would I act ignorant of what does not exist?" he questioned, and it made Emma doubt her suspicions for a second.

There was no concrete theory in her mind as to why Alexie was similar to Arthur Silvera, but she did not dismiss any absurd ones. Everything was possible in this world, and the man in front of her could be Arthur himself or related to him somehow.