- First Person's Perspective -
Marcus's POV
I stood frozen at the doorway, staring at the people I once considered family. The sight of Denise, no, scratch that, Enise, as I now understood, flanked by Lucian, Anna, and Diana, filled me with a surge of anger and betrayal.
I had suspected that Denise was up to no good, but to see Lucian, Anna, and Diana in the same room with her, colluding, plotting... Traitors.
I clenched my fists by my sides, my mind racing. I understood why Enise harbored resentment; she had been wronged, sure. But her personal vendetta didn't justify dragging the rest of us down into her chaos.
I wouldn't stand by and let her destroy everything just to make herself feel whole.
Lucian noticed me first. His smirk was sharp, his eyes glinting with something dark and c
