21 Chapter 21

From the top of the stairwell, I could hear my family talking. I took my time. If they didn't know I could hear, they might just keep saying things that could be valuable to my investigation.

My mom's voice carried up the stairs. "We had always heard that Transformation was extremely painful, but now I guess they have some new method or something, and it's not so bad? Is that right, or was Aaron just trying to make us feel better?"

There was that word again. I knew for a fact now that my sister had undergone some sort of procedure, something that had altered whoor whatshe was. The proof was in the blur I'd seen as she made her way to the house. And now my mom was confirming it.

I wished there was some way I could wait until after my sister replied before I showed myself, but Cadence was facing the entryway from the stairs to the living room, so as soon as I stepped foot on the floor at the bottom of the stairwell, she could see me.