The world lost all sound.The frantic shouting of reporters, the blinding strobes of a hundred camera bulbs, the grunt of the federal marshals pinning Damien to the carpeted stage floor—it all dissolved into an icy, rushing void in my ears.Not my aunt. My real biological mother.I stared at Harrison, my breath trapped in my chest. “What are you talking about?” I choked out, my voice barely a thread above a whisper, trembling so hard my teeth clicked together. “Diana... Diana raised me. She told me my mother died in childbirth!”“Diana lied about everything, Ivana,” Harrison rasped out dark and low, his large hand coming up to cup the back of my neck with fiercely protective warmth. He tilted my head up, forcing my wide, terrified eyes to stay locked onto his gaze. “She stole you as a newborn, passed you off as her own to secure the family trust, and buried your real mother in a dark ward so no one would ever question the bloodline.”“No... no, no…” A violent tremble wracked my body,
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