Evelyn’s POV

The air was thick with tension as Aldrich’s eyes bore into mine, the fury within them blazing like wildfire. His anger was palpable, but it wasn’t fear that kept him from acting immediately—it was disbelief. Disbelief that I, the girl he had once sheltered, the girl he had once called family, would dare stand against him. But here I was, dagger in hand, defying everything I had once known to be true.

“They'll never ...