Delilah’s Pov
The entire room went silent.
No one moved. No one breathed. Everyone was just… staring. Staring between me, Malric, and Caleb like they were trying to piece together a puzzle they didn’t understand. My heartbeat was so loud in my ears I thought everyone could hear it.
Caleb’s gaze burned into me, his jaw clenched so tight I thought it might snap.
“Now tell me,” he said finally, his voice sharp, trembling with rage he was trying to control, “how are you alive?”
I swallowed hard, unable to speak, but before I could even open my mouth, another voice cut through the silence.
“I let her go.”
I turned sharply, my eyes widening when I saw him step out from the shadows.
Valen.
I didn’t even know he was here. Caleb’s Beta. His most trusted. He was standing there, his hands c
