Caleb’s POV Damn it. Does she really think I’ll believe that? That she just wants a “happy family”? That she wants us to be treated equally by Mom? Ha. Then how does she explain all the bullshit she did back in the palace the moment she woke up? Crying like some helpless victim just so Mom would see us as the villains? That smug smile she kept throwing at us? How does she explain that? Or what—she was “possessed” at the time? Yeah, right. I never understood Annika. When we were kids, we were… close. Not close-close, but enough to call it a family. But everything changed when we found out she had no powers. That’s when it started. Because Mom wouldn’t stop praising her. Like what the hell? We were the ones with abilities. We were the ones who trained, who proved ourselves. S

