Aurora's POV
The more I thought about Jake’s words, the heavier my chest felt.
He knew too much.
Not just rumors. No guesses. Jake spoke like someone who had seen the blueprint of my marriage and memorized every ugly line. The way he said Zayne’s name, sharp, certain, kept replaying in my head.
*He married you to get close to your father.*
I stood at the overlook, the cold night wind cutting through my coat, the city glowing far below like it didn’t care if my world was about to collapse.
I wrapped my arms around myself and laughed softly.
“How did I get here?” I whispered.
Once, I had been the woman who believed love could fix anything. I married a gardener and thought I’d escaped my family’s politics. That lie destroyed me.
Then I signed a contract with a Lycan King and told my
