Isabella’s pov
“What do you mean she's lying?” I repeated.
Lucian blew out his breath then replied.
“It's got men in Shadowfang.”
That wasn't surprising.
I would have been really surprised if he didn't.
Nevertheless, his words were so direct that something constricted my chest.
Lucian went on in a nonchalant tone, “One of my informants told me that Clara was involved with another man long before your trial.”
My brow knitted into a frown right away.
“What?”
She went out on multiple dates with him, but not in public.
I stared at him.
“No,” I whispered instinctively.
It was not because I believed in Clara.
I absolutely didn’t.
But even Clara was too careful to take a chance on anything like that, when she was setting herself up to be Luna.
Lucian studied me carefully. “She to
