54 Telling Madeline

Now what was happening?

What were Xavier and Emilio referring to? Who was his daughter? 

"The prophecy, has it really come true?" Emilio asked. 

His leg bounced up and down as Emilio dug his nails into his skin. There was no hint of malice in his eyes. All there was left was confusion and disbelief. 

He didn't have a daughter.

He was never a father to anyone.

And now there was Xavier telling him Madeline was his daughter?

What kind of nonsense was this?

This wasn't the answer he came for. This wasn't the explanation he'd accounted for. 

"She can't be Cornelia's daughter. Cornelia abandoned me, and..."

Emilio's voice trembled.

"How…" 

"The Delcour bloodline was ended. I felt it. She can't…"

For once, Emilio was reduced to nothing but stammers and stutters. 

He couldn't process the news. Xavier had confirmed it, and he couldn't be tricking him, could he?