Sylvia's POV I stared at Alpha Vargas like he'd just grown a second head. He looked genuinely confused—which, frankly, only made things weirder. "You seriously don't know about this?" he asked, brows pulling together. "I mean, I was told these were your words." "My words?" I repeated, blinking. "No, Alpha Vargas. I have no clue what the hell you're talking about." He didn't react. No twitch, no smirk, not even a flicker of guilt. Just... confusion. And not the fake kind, either. The real, deep-in-his-bones kind. Which, honestly, made this whole thing even more uncomfortable. I studied his face for a long beat—eyes, jaw, posture. My gut told me one thing: he wasn't lying. Whatever this was, it didn't come from him, and it sure as hell didn't come from me.

