Bloodline

by Claudia Gray

Lady Carise put the chest on the floor, kicked it farther from her, decided that wasn’t far enough, and got out of her chair to back away from the thing until her shoulder blades collided with the chamber’s stone wall. Dazed, almost faint, she kept staring at the small wooden chest that held a secret with the power to change the course of the galaxy. Darth Vader was the father of Princess Leia.

Wow. Took a LOT longer to get to this point than what I was anticipating. Hopefully this will pick up the pace of the plot...