Chapter 53: Chapter 53: No One Ever Knew Her

Author’s POV ~

Silence crashed over them like a tidal wave.

It wasn’t the kind of silence that settled softly or allowed breath to return—it was the kind that suffocated. That crushed ribs and stole air and made hearts forget how to beat.

No one moved or spoke. Not even Lucian dared to groan beneath the dagger pressed into his chest. Because the words she had just unleashed were not something that could be brushed off. They weren’t rage-fueled accusations or delusions born of pain.

They were the truth.

And that truth now hung in the room like a ghost, staring each of them down, refusing to be unseen.

She wasn’t his daughter.

She wasn’t Eirik Moonveil’s child.

She was his victim.

Kael staggered back, his breath hitching so violently it almost sounded like a choke. Luca stared at her like he had never seen her before, like she had become a stranger in the span of seconds, and not because she had changed—but because they had never truly known her to begin with.

And Aeron—dear gods, Aeron looked like the world had just split open beneath his feet. His shoulders sank, his jaw slack, as if everything he believed in had just been set on fire and left to rot in the ashes.

breath, but even he didn’t sound convinced. His hand rose to his temple, fingers trembling. "That... that can’t be... You were there. At

Hollow. Like even her anger had burned out, leaving behind only scorched earth. "And you should ask

harder than any blow


Now they remembered.

young. Murdered in a brutal attack that had shaken the entire region. They had all known of it. Had whispered

Not just a tragic story passed down

a child, and her mother was killed in front

from her arms, not by rogues or invaders, but by the very man meant to protect them both. And somehow, he had spared her

But why?

now the seed of doubt

the kind to spare life out of pity. He didn’t take in strays. He didn’t raise other men’s children. He

why would a monster... raise

he could feel the tremble of something darker beginning to coil

again, quieter now, but somehow those soft words struck harder. "She tried to run. She tried to protect me. And he... he snapped

Aeron closed his eyes.

a small girl covered in her mother’s blood, shaking in


she was simply a

And suddenly everything twisted.

hidden all her life but suddenly one day appeared and dazzled the entire

she wasn’t Eirik’s daughter. She was

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