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It’s so much like something my father would do that I don’t fight it, I just accept the strength that he’s giving me. “It will be fine. I think mom will surprise you,” he says. I make my way to my parents’ house. Before I can knock, the door opens and my mom is there. She pulls me into her arms, hugging me tightly. “I hope you’re finally here to tell me what you’ve been keeping from me,” she says quietly. I pull back and look at her. “How did you…” “Leana, you got the Guardian gift of knowing when someone is lying from me. I’ve known since before I went on vacation that something was wrong and that you have been lying to me when you tell me that everything is okay. Come in. Let’s talk.”

And all of it was a lie they told to cover up murder. "Yes." I pressed my hand against the vault wall, concrete cold and solid, the only thing keeping me upright. The world had tilted. Everything I had known about my family, about the business my parents built was all lies. Built on murder and covered in ashes. "They left them and your parents," I whispered. "They got in the lifeboats and they left them to burn. And then they came home and they raised me to believe they were good people. That I should be proud of the Laurent name."

“It was a dare.“ My voice grew quiet. “My…I lied to them because I wanted to impress Teddy and Laila. I told them my parents would fly over the world to get back to me if I got in trouble.“ Tears were streaming down my cheeks. I wanted to stop the damn video. The pain felt too real. “I told them I was dying, I told them I was going to commit suicide just so they'd return back to the city. I wanted Lai….Laila and Teddy to believe me.“ “So they returned to New York because you lied to them?“ “I made them board the fucking plane!“ It wasn't the video this time. It was me. Jamie paused the video, staring at me with a chilling glint in his eyes. “It turns out that you still remember that day.“ Hi

" ***** Eventually, I was able to escape from the clutches of the infamous werewolves. Quietly making it to my room and getting a nice bath and a change of cloth wasn't so hard. I could hear my parents in the kitchen being entertained by Alex, telling them various things about his friends and his dinosaur obsession. Good, let him keep them busy. My parents' laughter drifted from the kitchen, clearly enjoying their conversation with their grandchild. I smiled to myself, it's all going well, at least even though I still feel a little guilty about lying to them. ***** Having a light dinner as a family genuinely brought a warm smile to my parent’s face and that made me a little less guilty about

“I know he was convinced of a lie, and undoing that is going to take a lot more than telling him, he needs to see it.” “Jade we cannot undo a lie.” The voice seemed annoyed with her. “Please let’s just get past this and move on to this next part. You will get to see how brutal he has become and see why it was so easy for him to kill Jayden’s family and how heartless he truly is.” “Was.” Jade countered. “What if all of this is just a show?” “And what if it’s not?” Jade snapped. “Sit.” The voice commanded. Jade didn’t want to do what she was told, but she was curious. She wanted to learn more about Gage and what made him so dark. She knew it wasn’t just about his parents., it couldn’t have bee

***** Despite his disbelief, it was crucial for me to ensure Nat's innocence in this matter. "Nat never mentioned you or her family," I lied. "If she did, she made sure I remained unaware." "How did you find out then?" he inquired, referring to my parents. "My parents are equally clueless," I fibbed. "Actually, it was quite obvious," I asserted. "Your manner of speech, the plenty guards, and my love for gangster movies made it easy to figure out." I took a sip from the beverage and sighed. "Seriously, is this just juice?" I questioned.

"Exactly! How can it be acceptable to teach your child to lie? No wonder my child came home yesterday saying there was a kid at school who loved to lie. Turns out it's because you taught your kid to lie!" "Yes, my child said the same thing. I thought it was just kids having a squabble. I didn't expect it to be true. How can you teach your daughter this way?" "With a dad like you, no wonder Jovie likes to lie. Jovie must be expelled. I don't want my child to be around bad influences like her!" "I agree! Expulsion is necessary. Such people don't deserve to stay at Guiding Star School!" "Expel Jovie!" ...

“There’s something else. I’m not your biological father. I lied to you about that, too. I told you your mother abandoned us and that I was your father. I’m so sorry, Greater. Please, forgive me.” Greater stood frozen, her mind reeling from the shocking revelations. MEANWHILE!!! Ogadima staggered through the streets, her tattered clothes hanging loosely on her frail frame. The madness that had consumed her for weeks seemed to lift, replaced by an inexplicable clarity. Her feet carried her to Timothy’s house, where her heart told her she needed to be. When she arrived, she stood at the gate, watching through the bars as Timothy, Anastasia, and Greater embraced. Her eyes filled with tears as me

he lied. The other council members were looking at him also. One of their expressions, Katherine, said she did not believe a word he was saying. The other expressions remained blank. " That's a lie , your son was rude and acted smug towards us. From the minute he turned up to help us with the dark witches ", Derek snapped. " Derek ", his father said. He looked at him as if to say, calm down son. " I'm sorry about that , but my son was most upset when he got back here , they all were for how your son spoke to them and acted towards them , like I said we were led to believe what we had been doing was wrong , and that was what you had come here to discuss " Derek's father explained.

“Of course, I’ll let you know.” The lie felt wrong on my lips, but the fleeting sense of guilt had nothing on the feeling rolling through me right now. Like a landslide, boulders tumbled and collided in the pits of my stomach. I had never been exceptionally skilled at lying, so I added on a few details to make it more believable. “Breyona’s parents are scholars. They’re working with a few of…” I paused and the phrase ‘vampire henchmen’ came to mind, “…my men to search through my father’s family tree.”