Sydney's POV
Those words echoed in my head like a sledgehammer slamming against the strongest iron wall. Dong! The ringing wouldn't stop. I would have held my head, but I was still bound.
The forest fell into an eerie silence, even the music had faded away. It was as if the entire woods was waiting for me to process this information.
I started to think back to when Doris introduced Lucas to me.Did she know about this? I wondered. Besides, how? How the hell was it possible that he wasn't Lucas? This man before me looked exactly like Lucas, spoke like him, had all his mannerisms. Even his scent was so similar to Lucas's, yet now I could see subtle differences I'd missed before.
I snapped my gaze to him, my voice quivering as I asked, "You must be lying!" I let out between gritted teeth a
