Lucas
The door closed behind Aariana.
Lucas remained standing in the council chamber, staring at the place where she had disappeared.
For several seconds, nobody spoke.
His mind was still trying to accept what he had heard.
Wren was his son.
Not a possibility.
Not a suspicion.
Not a resemblance he could explain away.
His son.
Lucas lowered his eyes.
Seven years.
Seven years had passed while another man had been the father figure in his child's life, while Lucas had known nothing.
He had missed every birthday.
Every first day of school.
Every fever.
Every nightmare.
Every small victory.
And the worst part was that he could not place all the blame on the council.
They had lied to him.
But he had believed them.
He had believed that Aariana betrayed him.
He had believed s
