Dane’s POV I stepped forward, my voice laced with anger. “Her parents were the traitors who orchestrated our mother’s death—your sister’s death! She is the daughter of those traitors!” I spat. A heavy silence settled over us. One second. Then another. And another. Finally, Leo sighed, shaking his head. “Now I get it,” he murmured, his gaze fixed on Kira’s unconscious form. “Now I get it.” He exhaled sharply before lifting his eyes to meet mine and my brothers’. “So you are making her pay for the supposed sins of her late parents?” he asked calmly, but I could feel the anger beneath the calmness of his voice. And what surprised me more was that the anger wasn’t directed at Kira—it was directed at us! “She should have died alongside them. We’re already being merciful,” Darius grunted. L

