The hidden passage was darker than I expected.
Stone walls pressed close around us as we moved through the narrow tunnel beneath the tower.
Lucas walked beside me, carrying the council ledger Darius had given him.
The old guard followed behind us.
Darius came last.
None of us spoke for several minutes.
The only sounds were our footsteps and the faint echo of movement somewhere far behind us.
I couldn't stop thinking about everything we had discovered.
My marriage had been erased.
My exile had been planned.
My family's territorial claim had been hidden.
And Marcus Vale had been involved in all of it.
Five years ago, I had believed my life had been destroyed because Lucas no longer loved me.
Now I knew the truth.
Someone had wanted him to believe I had betrayed him.
Someone ha
