“She said she needed to see me. That she needed me. I didn’t know...” My throat tightened. “Could it have been a trap?”
“If it was, it must have backfired. I can’t imagine she would have sent you to that room, knowing Kieran was there.”
Maya gently rested her hand over my heart. “Sera, I promise you, tonight was just the beginning. The truth will come out and you’ll be vindicated.”
I exhaled shakily. “What if… What if it changes everything? What if I don’t like the truth?”
Lucian spoke, his voice steady. “It doesn’t matter what changes. This”—he pointed between the three of us—“will never change.”
“Yeah,” Maya chimed in. “Good luck getting rid of me.” She dug her nails into my knee not painfully. “I’m like a f*****g leech.”
I let out a watery laugh, sniffing.
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