Amelia POV

“I hate liars.”

The words didn’t just land… they struck me.

For a moment, the room seemed to tilt, the air growing heavier and tighter around my lungs.

Alpha Jane’s voice was calm when she said it, almost detached, but there was something sharp under it.

Something like a sharp blade poised at my throat, waiting for the slightest twitch.

If I couldn’t prove it, she wouldn’t hesitate a little, that much I was sure.

Alexis shifted beside me, his body going subtly ...