Chapter87: A Diabolical Woman

Chapter 87: A Diabolical Woman  SOPHIA I paced back and forth in my apartment, my phone pressed against my ear as I tried to control the rage that was almost consuming me.  Everything had gone wrong today. Everything. "Andy," I said through gritted teeth, breathing heavily to pace myself. "I need you to listen to me very carefully. Riley got hurt at school today, and they took blood samples." There was a pause on the other end of the line before Andy's voice came through, cautious and measured. "What kind of blood samples?" "The kind that doctors would start asking questions or getting more tests done to figure out an explanation for what they just saw," I snapped, feeling my lies that I had been carefully building to entice Xenois crumbling before me.  "They needed to know his blood type for a transfusion, and apparently the genetic markers were so obvious and familiar to Xenois family doctor that they ran additional tests." I could hear Andy's sharp intake of breath as she spoke. "So