Maya This isn’t true. No… Lucien has to be fucking lying. He has to be. To think that Dave is the snitch who helped them carry away my twins… it’s impossible.I let out a laugh, but it’s hollow, sharp, and full of pain and disbelief. I don’t know what to say, how to process it, or how to comprehend the truth of it. How can he be a traitor? Dave has been nothing but good to me since I met him. He’s respectful, intelligent, level-headed… and yet, the words Lucien spoke cut through all of that, twisting every memory into something unrecognizable.“Why… why… what… how?” I ask, each question tumbling out of me in no particular order, raw and desperate. My thoughts are scattered, chaotic, each one colliding with the next. This… this has to be the most painful part of everything—the betrayal of someone you’ve trusted, someone who swore loyalty, turning out to be the very person wreaking havoc in the shadows.Lucien steps forward, his sword still pressed sharply against Dave’s neck. His ey
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