Lily The room became completely silent after David's words. I stared at him, trying to understand what he had just said, but my mind refused to accept it. My father had been investigating me? How could that even be possible when I was only a child? What could there possibly be about me that would make him spend his last days searching for answers? “What do you mean he was investigating me?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper. David looked at me with something that resembled guilt, but he still didn't answer immediately. Caspian stepped closer to me, his hand finding mine as if he could sense that my legs were about to give up. “Answer her,” Caspian said, his voice low and threatening. David swallowed before looking between us. “Your father discovered something about you when you

