Alex
Alexis looked stunned like she’d taken a punch that left her gasping, and even the world around us seemed to hold its breath in sync with her shock. The lake mirrored her stillness, with no ripple breaking the surface.
A chill drifted in, sharp enough to sting, and I felt it run down my spine.
What I had just told her had been a weight on my chest for weeks. I'd begun suspecting the moment I found out that Byron was impotent.
Alexis' brows knitted together. As expected, she was shocked.
Breaking this truth to her was crazy, but how could I keep quiet any longer? Byron was an arrogant bastard. He had been impotent through his whole marriage to her, and he hid it with pride.
There was no way he could be Valen’s father.
I’d questioned it myself at first, but the DNA test had
