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Rhea’s POV

Adrian was staring at me intensely while I tried to work through my emotions.

Would he even believe me if I said I really don’t know the reason I was kept alive all these years? Or would he think I’m lying?

Everything in me was telling me to bolt and hide inside my room, away from those inspecting blue eyes that were staring straight into my broken soul.

But Hazel kept me in my place as she said intensely in my head “He has to believe us. We have no reason to lie”

I looked him in the eyes and said calmly “I don’t know why he kept me alive Adrian, nor why he wanted to mate with me. I know there must be a reason but alpha Victor didn’t share it with me. I used to ask when I was young but then I learned not to ask anything about my past”

His eyes narrowed at me before he asked with difficulty “What would he do when you tried to ask?”

I gave him a weak smile that quickly turned into a grimace and avoided eye contact with him as I stared at the clear blue sky through the floor t