>>20600137“You’ll stay away from my sister,” Cassie growls.
Lexi smiles. “Physically, we’re the peak of human potential. And you and your sister are just as capable as I am of using the abilities we’ve inherited from The Foremother.” Lexi leans forward in her chair. “The life force of men can extend our lives for hundreds of years. Don’t you want that for your sister? For yourself? You’ve achieved so much already… think of what your organisation could be in a hundred years.”
The sound of a slap rings out as Cassie backhands her cousin across the face, then she grabs her roughly by the jaw. “Now you’ve gone and said too much,” Cassie snaps. “My organisation? Just what is it you think you know, hmm? Because I sure haven’t told you anything beyond me owning a few nightclubs. You are working for someone, aren’t you?”
Cassie releases her grasp, and an almost crazed look enters Lexi’s eyes as she responds with a laugh. “I’m ‘working’ for The Foremother. We’re all beautiful, perfect superior beings, made in her image!” Lexi screams. “And we are all connected to her. Even the lost ones like you. And through that connection, she knows all. And she told me all about you being some sort of Queenpin. That’s how I know. You can meet her, you know, and see for yourself. And that sister of yours? The one you want me to stay away from? She’s met The Foremother already.”
Cassie takes a step back. She wills herself to write her cousin off as insane. To just shoot her and be done with it. But if what she was saying is true, it would explain so much…
She turns to her henchmen. “Leave us,” she orders.
The men nod, and swiftly make their way out of the warehouse. After they depart, Cassie’s focus shifts back to Lexi. “Let’s pretend for a moment that I believe you. I need to know one thing. Did this bloody demon granny of ours drive my mother insane?” Cassie asks. “Is that why she killed herself? Did she possess her? Tell me!”
