*Braden*
We’re all shocked, even Damon, who’s not easily surprised. He pulls over the car and practically slams on the brakes so we all lurch forward. He turns the car off, faces Daphne—Trisha—and starts to speak before I’ve even processed it all.
“You’re a princess from Dark Forest?” he asks, his tone higher than usual.
“Sorry, I guess I shouldn’t have said that while you were driving,” she says.
“But it’s true?” Alessandro chimes in.
“Yes,” she says. “I’m one of the Luna Queen’s four children. Tristan Stone is my father.”
Damon takes a breath. “So it’s likely those people knew who you were and targeted you, the ones who kidnapped you.”
“It’s likely,” she says with a nod.
“All right.” Damon restarts the car. “We need to get to my father.”
We don’t say a lot for the rest of the
