"Okay, I'll tell you the truth," I sighed, meeting his eyes (a good tactic for giving strength to a lie) before continuing with a cool tone and an air of intentional sorrow, "I changed my name because my father was a criminal and an abuser. My mother abandoned me in an orphanage, so I needed a new identity. That's why you didn't find anything in my past. There isn't. Just a bad father.
Alarick regarded me silently. I tried to appear calm, despite the pounding of my heart in my ears and chest. It was the best thing that had happened to me. It didn't sound fake or made up. It was a very real thing that happened often. If your question...
“And how does that connect with the fact that years ago I saw you leave my house? he asked me after a moment of analysis.
From this moment, the lies came
