Chapter 18:
The Alliance Exposed
**Maya's POV**
I'd been living in the archives for three days straight.
Sleeping on the old couch in the corner. Eating meals at my desk. Barely seeing daylight.
But it was worth it.
Because I was finding things. Important things. Things that could finally prove what we all suspected.
Victor Sterling was a traitor.
I spread out the documents I'd found, organizing them by date. My hands shook slightly as I worked. This was dangerous. If Victor found out what I was doing...
But I couldn't stop. Not when I was so close to the truth.
Not when my sister even refused to admit who she really was,needed this proof to clear her name.
The archive door opened quietly. I jumped, my hand going to the knife I now kept in my pocket.
But it was just Owen.
"Yo
