Aurélie POV
I’m rooted to the spot, unable to move, the weight of his words freezing the blood in my veins.
“What did you just say?”
“She admitted everything.”
“And you have a witness?” My voice trembles despite my effort to steady it. “Someone else was there. Lucas?”
He studies me for a long moment before slowly shaking his head.
“No.”
“No?” The word rips from me. “Then why should I believe you? This could be another scheme another way to get close to the children. To take them from me.”
“No, Aurélie.” His voice is urgent, raw. “I would never do that. I’m telling you the truth. She confessed while holding a gun to my head.”
A gun.
My thoughts spiral violently. She’d held a weapon to him and he’d been shot? My mind can’t keep pace with the chaos of it. What in the goddess’s name
