Wonder what Adelina is up too. There has to be more going on than just testing someone. It is like she needs something from this whole process to solve some big problem. She holds all the cards in this game. Changing into Michael's mother was more to provoke Madison, than to catch Michael. That had to hurt Madison a lot. Everytime she would open her mouth in that form had to hurt Madison.
Adelina is just having fun seeing this al unfold. Wonder what Madison and Mirielle discussed in that room.

Lucie has little chance but I like her sense of justice. It is not bad to give in some urges as long as she can let Michael have fun too and looks out for his well being. What those other girls did to him could have killed him and at least scar him for life. Mirielle was a little more tactful, but still at sometimes too rude forgetting about Michael's mental state.

Can't wait for the next chapter, want to see how those 3 will interact with eachother in the Hearst home and if Adelina still is in that form of Madison's mother keeping the charade up to search for Michael while knowing Lucie has him.

Nice chapter. Lucie and Michael bonding. But still in suspense what is happening at the Hearst home. ;)

Something has to go wrong at some point in Adelina's plan. Madison's idea of restoring Mirielle that fast is somewhat suspicious. The extent of Adelina's power is somewhat unclear. Shrinking curse, shape shifting and sharp senses are established. Wonder if Lucie's mother will make an appearance.

Now we see what else Adelina finds important. Mortimer Hearst and the company. Mirielle provided them with much useful information. Adelina must be familiar with Helena or she could never copy her in the way that she did.

Madison seems to have no trouble with Adelina's suggestions to remove Mortimer. Wonder if Madison and Adelina were aware that Madison would inherit the company and not Michael.

@Tom Speedy. This was very revealing chapter indeed, but some of the things you mentioned were already obvious thanks to the clues in the previous chapters of the latest Hearst home part. We are still left hanging with a lot of questions and more plausible possibilities that are all interesting.

This chapter is so interesting. You can feel the tension between these 3 and ideas forming about replacing Mortimer. So much conflicting emotions Madison and Mirielle have. Mirielle being the mentally stronger one of the two. Both are smart but know Adelina is in total controll here. Adelina plays a sneaky game. Giving each character a different set of information, meant not for the other person or group of persons to know. Also some characters were togheter off screen and could have discussed some plans.

I agree with you that it seems for now we get the focus on Michael. I wonder how long they must wait, days, weeks? Is Adelina and Mirielle sleeping in the Hearst home and does Mortimer come home eventually? How much patience do each of them have?

About her knowledge of the whereabouts of Michael? First I think Adelina is letting the others think she is more powerfull than she actually is. With that, noboday even dares to think to double cross her. When Michael was eavesdropping, she didn't sensed him, only when he came very close to her, she reacted and change the conversation to English for Michael to hear, what she wanted him to hear. She must only sense him when he is in close proximity, like 2 to 3 meters(7 tot 10 feet). When she sensed him in Lucie's bag. It was easy to conclude that Lucie took Michael, that was her intention all along to let Lucie leave with Michael.

Adelina went out of her way to make Michael even more affraid of her sister with will contrast even harder with the kindness that Lucie is showing.

There is another descriptive chapter coming from Adelina's point of view

Can't wait for that Adelina point of view chapter. :)

I don't think it would go so good for Michael to try his luck again arachnids or serpents. Maybe he should stay with Lucie?

He should stay with Lucie. I mention those examples as maybe interesting just to add how dangerous his shrunken state is if he falls into the wrong hands or if he is left alone in the open world.

I never saw Adelina as evil. Adelina lived a long time and people at that old age must care little about the trivial feelings of young people. This chapter emphasized it, that after this horror, the other characters feelings do not really matter and what Michael has to endure she sees as child's play. She is just amused, more cynical about things. She planned this a long time ago and It is almost certain Michael's behaviour had little to do with it. She is not out to kill or maim Michael it seems. The problem is she seems to have specific goals in mind and if Michael or any person needs to be sacrificed for those goals, she will do it. All the other characters are at the mercy of Adelina's will and chessgame.

Indeed, imagine a bee sting. You did well with the characters. People closest to you that harm you in your srhunken state and are still believable human beings, that is always interesting in the story.

Interesting. I wonder why her plan was so complicated and took so long. Must have been quite a few bumps on the road. Wonder if the families got mixed or that there are more offspring from Adelina or her child(ren) or grandchildren. You can really feel the urgency and that this plan must succeed NOW no matter what. Wonder if the plan is only motivated out of revenge.

There can be all sorts of combinations for Adelina's motives to what's happening now. The short happy moment for Michael with Lucie feels like the calm before the storm.

As expected. Nadia is mixed into the Hearst bloodline. Lucky for Michael, Lucie is a distant relative, so their fun can continue for now.

The Hearst family must know something about that clan of Adelina from the attempt by Sofia and co failed. I wonder of Nicolas passed that knowledge on to his son and from there to Mortimer.

It is al about what Adelina wants to do now. Must the whole Hearst family suffer or will Madison be spared. Clearly Madison doesn't know Adelina's intentions. Mirielle can be an interesting character in this. Have a feeling Theodora comes out of her curse to do some extra damage. ;)

Adelina is really in a difficult spot here, and her motives are so unclear. What has a woman who has been through al of this at that age have planned for a famliy that has her and her daughter's blood mixed into it and her mortal enemy's blood. Feelings of revenge will be stronger. What a hard life this woman had and still has.

This wasp's nest is a very dangerous place for a 3 inch Michael. ;)

The chapter with Madison and Mirielle in one room would be interesting, very curious to that conversation and their plans. The continuation with Lucie and Michael too.

Another twist? Hope that doesn't involve poor Mortimer Hearst.

Interesting. You wanted to move quickly to part 2. Madison took some of those mindgames from Adelina ok. Here is someone who basically said that your brother's fate isn't for her to decide and someone who is planning to hurt your father. These aren't things to take lightly.

Adelina took her revenge and can rest, but other more dangerous things are set in motion.

The situation is now more volatile. The relationship Madison-Mirielle-Mortimer seems like a powder keg.

Michael is lucky to have found someone like Lucie. What is refreshing about Lucie, that she can act rational and with clarity. Where others see somebody shrunk against their will as fun and harmless, she really sees it for what it his, a very hard punishment where a person can break out of fear or die when handled too ruff. She is the only one who tries to imagine how frigthening it can be and what it can do to a person if they stay shrunken for long period of time. Unlike Madison, Mirielle and those other girls, she isn't as easely corrupted by power and therefor a stronger person. It is Michael's only safe haven. Lucie is the big plus he got out of this. The situation just got more potentially dangerous for him with Theodora on the loose and the situation in the Hearst company.
The best option for him is to be as far away as possible from that wasp's nest with Lucie before all hell breaks loose. Away from people corrupted by money, power, corperate way of thinking, etc. before they use you as toy and tool in their power games. Theodora-Mirielle-Madison-Mortimer is a dangerous cocktail. ;)

Liked this story and the set up for another story.