Natalia’s POV
“‘Helena has many rubies like this,’” Andrei read out loud from David’s letter. “‘We haven’t noticed anything out of the ordinary about the necklaces and rings she wears, but then again, I haven’t thought to look until just now. These belong to Celeste; she willingly gave them for you to test. Let me know if the rubies react to your hypothesis. If they do, then I’d hazard a guess that Helena’s jewels are the same.’”
Andrei glanced up at me as he finished reading the letter, dark brows raised. I’d been pacing the room, one hand resting protectively on the ever so slight swell of my belly, the other pressed to my lips. My poor nail beds were torn to shreds from all the biting I had been doing lately.
“So Helena might have access to an entire small arsenal of rubies,” Andrei
