Instead of anger, his father tried to calm Julio down.
If Helio had spoken like that, he would have received a look so cold it would haunt him forever.
That was the moment Helio truly learned what hate felt like.
They treated his twin with love and patience, while he had been locked away all his life because of foolish rules and fear. The injustice of it burned so deeply that Helio turned his face away, unable to bear the sight any longer.
That was the day Julio learned the truth about his twin.
And just like their parents, he never told a soul.
Exactly three years later, one evening, Danae burst into Helio’s room. Her face was streaked with tears as she collapsed to her knees, her body trembling violently.
Nineteen-year-old Helio had never seen his sister like that. Alarmed, he rus
