Kyrie's POV
As the door clicked shut behind Max—my uncle—I stood frozen, my mind racing with the flood of revelations. I felt like I was standing on the edge of a cliff, one step away from plunging into a world that was so different from the one I’d always known. Uncle, cousin, royal bloodlines… a hidden history that the Djinn had buried and twisted into something unrecognizable. The truth about who I was stretched before me like a dark, uncharted path, and all I could do was cling to the fragile pieces that had started to fall into place.
I took a shaky breath, forcing myself to focus. I couldn’t dwell on everything I’d just learned—not now. I had to keep pretending, had to act like I didn’t know. My mind swam with questions and fears, but I pushed them down, locking them away where the
