CHAPTER III - 10

"Pete," Hera said looking at Lord Valentine like he just said something not sensible. "Yes, Pete." Lord Valentine replied, cutting off the phone. "That laughter was Pete's" Hera laughed. "That can't be Pete." "I'm sure of what I'm saying." He replied. "Pete is dead," Hera said. "That could be someone playing a prank on you." "Hera, my instinct doesn't fail me, that is Pete." He said. "More so, who'd want to play such an expensive joke with me?" "Anyone can play jokes." "Jokes in which they sound exactly like a supposed dead person?" He emphasized. "Yes Val, you're acting like you don't know shapeshifters and how they can take up the face and even voice of another person alongside the person's character." Hera pointed out. "I'm not acting out." He argued. "You are, more so, when I and Ryan were abducted, Eric shapeshifted into my brother, Lord Romeo, and even you. He also took on Pete's form." She said, "What if it was Pete who shapeshifted into Eric and myself, Luca and Rome