The Royal Daughter: A completely unputdownable and heartbreaking page-turner full of family secrets (The Lost Daughters Book 3) by Soraya Lane

Author:Soraya Lane [Lane, Soraya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781837907373
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2023-10-11T16:00:00+00:00

Ella walked slowly to the market after lunch, her bag over her shoulder and a stomach so full she thought she might burst. With so many small plates of food being sent out from the kitchen, she’d wondered if it would ever stop, so she was certainly grateful for the walk.

The market wasn’t hard to find, and she wandered along the rows of stalls, looking at the biggest display of olives she’d ever seen, as well as vegetables, breads and even fresh seafood, but it was when she reached the fruit stall that she paused. Despite knowing who she was looking for, she still wasn’t quite sure what she was going to say. She reached for the photograph in her pocket and took it out, holding it against her chest as she approached the woman behind the stand.

‘Excuse me,’ she said, smiling at a woman who was probably no older than her. ‘I was told you might be able to recognise the women in this photograph?’ She hesitated.

The woman nodded, taking the photograph from her. ‘It will be my grandmother you’re looking for. Give me a moment.’

Ella stood and looked over the produce, nervously waiting for her to return. She didn’t have a copy of the photograph, and she wished she hadn’t handed it over without explaining its importance. Other people milled around and looked at the fruit, some picking up peaches and apricots to inspect them, and Ella decided to select some pieces herself while she was waiting, loving the look of the fresh figs.

When she looked up, she saw that there were now three women on the other side of the stall watching her—presumably three generations of the same family. Suddenly she forgot all about the figs.

‘This is her?’ asked one of them, pointing at Ella.

The younger woman nodded before returning to her customers, and Ella set down the fruit she’d chosen.

‘I was told you might know the woman and the girl in the photograph?’

The grandmother lifted her hand and gestured for Ella to go with them, and she followed them a few steps away to the shade of a doorway.

‘This is my grandmother, and she would like to know why you are asking.’

Ella took a deep breath, looking between the two women. ‘I believe that this lady,’ she said, pointing at the photograph that was now in the gnarled hands of the older woman, ‘is my great-grandmother. This photo was left by the woman who gave birth to my grandmother.’

She waited for her words to be translated, surprised when the old lady took her hand and squeezed it.

‘She wants you to know that the woman in the photograph is Maria Konstantinidis.’

‘I was told she may have holidayed here with her family,’ Ella said. ‘That this girl was her daughter.’

‘They did holiday here, often. But Maria died tragically many, many years ago, when her daughter was only a girl.’

Ella couldn’t hide her surprise. ‘I don’t understand. So this photo was taken just before her death?’ She was confused—how

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