"Don't do anything so dangerous again," Lewis said, deciding to be honest. "Actually, I know you've been wronged."
"You know I'm innocent?" Joanna's lips trembled. 'Lewis had known all along, yet I had still been abandoned.'
Lewis decided to tell Joanna everything. "Ever since I met Lily, no... even before the head of the Westpoint Military Academy recommended Lily to me, I knew she was a spy. Western General Robin planned to kill me and make himself Emperor of Kaeloria. He sent Lily to spy on me, waiting for the right moment to seize the throne."
Joanna took a few steps back, her mind spinning. "You've known all along that Lily was a spy. Wait! Was everything fake? Even your illness?"
Lewis nodded. "It was all a play I staged with Sandy and the doctors."
"You weren't sick, and you kn
