"You find yourself here, a place I can't even describe, and you find not only your previously unknown daughter, but her daughter as well?" Raven was already shaking her head. It was fantastical to believe that she'd found someone she knew. The coincidences were starting to pile up and it was only so long until they crossed the line into conspiracy.

"You had a pretty stable life for a while there," she pointed out. Although she knew what he was referring to. That vendetta of his. It was no life for a child. But he'd given up a life of retribution for the family life once. Why hadn't he done it the first time? Sometimes she wondered whether she really knew Erik at all; he was always such a mystery to her.

If this even was Erik. With everything she'd seen so far, it was hard to believe her eyes.