My hands wouldn't stop shaking.
The journal lay on the stone floor between us, silent now, as if it hadn't just shattered everything I thought I knew.
The woman in the vision...
She had a Mother's face.
No.
That wasn't possible.
Mother ruled Golden Dawn for twenty-five years. She was respected throughout every allied pack. She couldn't have slaughtered an entire kingdom.
Could she?
"Aria."
Derek's voice pulled me from my thoughts.
"You saw her too."
It wasn't a question.
I swallowed hard.
"...Yes."
"And that child..."
"My name."
He nodded slowly.
"You called me Derek."
Neither of us spoke for several moments.
The silence became unbearable.
"I've never met you before," I whispered.
"I know."
"So why did that vision show us together?"
"I don't know."
His honesty caugh
