My hands trembled so hard the stolen folder nearly slipped to the floor. Everything I believed about who I was just exploded in my face.
I stood in the dim back room of Jax's safe house, the single bulb swinging above us like it might drop any second. Jax leaned against the cracked wall, arms crossed, watching me. His jaw was tight. He had risked his neck to get this file, and now we both knew why.
"Tell me this is some sick joke," I said, my voice cracking.
Jax shook his head. "Read it again, Avery. It's all there in black and white."
I flipped the page, eyes burning. "Lila Voss. Barren. Syndicate agent planted twenty-two years ago. Infiltration protocol. No biological children possible." My stomach twisted. "She lied to me my whole life. Called me her daughter. Raised me like I belon
