"The truth about who you really are."
Caleb's words landed across the chamber like a blade, and the silence that followed felt heavier than anything I'd endured since the moment I threw my ring at his face.
Every eye in the room turned toward me.
Lucien's hand found mine, steady despite everything, and I held onto it like the only solid thing left standing.
"I don't understand your meaning, Alpha Caleb," I said, forcing my voice to stay even despite my pulse hammering against my ribs.
"Don't you." Caleb stepped down from the platform slowly, closing the distance between us with deliberate, unhurried steps. "I've spent the past several days piecing together a rather remarkable story. A woman who appears from nowhere, with no verifiable history before a handful of months ago. A face reb
