|| Lilac’s POV ||

The projector's glow cast eerie shadows across the garden as the video played on. My breath caught in my throat when the woman in Elias's arms turned her face toward the camera— revealing Coco's unmistakable heart-shaped face, her raven hair splayed across Elias's bare chest like Serpents.

A collective gasp ripped through the crowd.

To my left, Alpha King Darius's knuckles whitened around his goblet, the gold bending under his grip. Luna Cassandra's ...