Gaia's POV

This was getting complicated. Too complicated.

My first instinct wasn't to defend my own reputation—it was to protect my identity as Leo's daughter. I couldn't let these Silver Wing pack members discover I was Joel Stone's child. That truth would erase everything Leo had been to me, reduce his sacrifice to nothing more than a footnote in someone else's story.

I couldn't bear that.

I grabbed Evelyn's arm and tried to pull her toward the door. "Don't make a ...