MAXINE
I stood up, looking around the room at the faces of my friends. Shane stood beside me, his eyes locked on mine. He needed my support in telling everyone the truth and I knew it was time to do that, Arlo was a lot stronger than us all and we need all the help we can get.
"We need to tell you all something," I said, my voice clear. "Shane wasn't just a random guy who showed up at Vortex. He was sent by Arlo to spy on us."
The room was silent for a moment, and then Jax spoke up. "We kind of figured that out already," he said, a wry smile on his face.
I raised an eyebrow, surprised. "You did?"
Lena nodded. "Yeah, we've been keeping an eye on him. We knew he was hiding something. We all never really trusted his sudden appearance, but we took your word for it Max, because we are a team, we are friends."
I looked at Shane, who was watching me with a mixture of emotions on his face.
"But here's the thing," I said, turning back to the others. "Shane's not just a spy. He's also
