Aria’s POV
With the money and the identification cards on the desktop, I realized there was one more thing tucked inside the envelope: a letter.
Retrieving it, I unfolded the paper to see a note scrawled in Lucian’s handwriting.
It read:
Whether you choose to stay with Nightfall or travel elsewhere, you and your child will forever be welcomed and well-regarded here. These cards will ensure you can always return.
Sincerely,
Alpha King Lucian
Lowering the letter down to the desk, I leaned back in my chair, needing a moment to collect myself. The revelations of my conversation with Lucian, one after the next, had been shocking.
Now that I was alone, with everything fully revealed, I could finally sit and process it all.
I didn’t know how long I sat there, thinking and rethinking and
