"What?" Aldara asked. Marc had completely lost her. "How could you know? And what do you mean, meet your mother?"
"You want to talk to our leader, right? That would be the matriarch - better known as Lady Genevieve Armel. The title is of French origin and not technically legal in Canada but the clan still uses it. I call her Maman."
Aldara hid face in her hands. His mother? Great. She'd finally found a man she was comfortable with and he turned out to be a prince. Still, it did seem that the Fates had guided her to where she needed to be. "She isn't liable to punish the messenger, is she?"
"Not at all. We've been searching for the missing regalia for a long time. You'll be a heroine for returning the last piece."