Page 3 of Scandalized by My Prince
“The person in control of the mirror has to have some kind of psychic ability. Eve is a telepath if the person is receptive to it,” Aubriella said. “I have empathic abilities. I wonder if that isenough.”
“Eve’s a telepath?”Trentonsaid.
Aubriella debated telling him about Genevieve’s gift, but Regina beat her to it. “Yes,” she said. “She used to talktome.”
That’s interesting… If her cousin could talk to Regina, why hadn’t she tried to talk to her? What made Regina so special? Jealousy clawed through her, but she pushed it down. Now wasn’t the timeforit.
“Explain,” Trentondemanded.
Regina fidgeted under Trenton’s stare. He clenched his jaw and kept his hands fisted at his sides. His anger managed to seep through the shield Aubriella had erected. If he didn’t calm the fuck down, she’d have to step in. She hated to do that and hoped it didn’t getthatfar.
“I didn’t tell anyone. It sounded so crazy…” Regina chewed on herbottomlip.
“Quit stalling, Gina,” he said. “Tell me whatyouknow.”
“I don’t know a lot. It was after our marriage was over. I was on my way here the first time she contacted me. It was almost like a dream. She couldn’t stay long and her messages were all so cryptic. To make it short, she wanted someone to save her. I eventually figured out she wanted me to reach out to you. That’s why I’ve been helping yousomuch.”
Trenton swore and paced the room. His anger dissipated without any help from her. She breathed a sigh of relief. A mirror on the other side of the room caught her attention. It was floor-length and something about it called to her. It could be the mirror Elizabeth wrote about. Without any conscious thought, she walked over to it. Swirls of mist filled the reflectiveglass.
“Can you see this?” Aubriella stared into the mirror. “All the fog, andohmy…”
A man with long dark hair and warm brown eyes came into focus. He strolled across a field, heading toward a towering castle. A river roared in the distance. His emotions were powerful enough to break through every shield she had in place. His pain was even greater than Trenton’s, and the need to make it go away was difficult to ignore. She could take that away from him and give him a sense of peace, but she had to go to him to do it. If she did that, she wouldn’t be around to help find Genevieve. Aubriella had to make a decisionandfast.
“What?” Trentonasked.
“That’s one handsome man. He looks so lonely...” She tilted her head, intent on the image. She knew what she had to do. Trenton would save her cousin, but there was no one around to do the same for this man. “I’m going tohelphim…”
She dropped the book and stepped through the mirror, disappearing inside. The mist swallowed her whole and disoriented her. She focused on the man and his location. The mist spat her out like something that tasted bad. She didn’t have time to prepare for the impact and her head bounced on the ground. Aubriella glanced up, meeting the man’s gaze. At least she’d managed to do that part right—she’d found him. Her vision blurred and she lostconsciousness.
