Penelope's POV

Timothy's call ends with a click that echoes in my apartment. I stare at the phone for a long moment. My hands shake as I set it down on the counter.

"He's really going to testify?" Mom asks from the couch. She's been here since the video leaked twelve hours ago. "Against his own father?"

"That's what he says." I move to the window. The street below is quiet. Too quiet for how much chaos just erupted. "The Wintermoon brothers saw everything. Sophia left him. The alliance fell ...