Chapter 72. Shattered Truths

Silvia POV

I stood frozen in place, my heart pounding against my ribcage like a trapped animal.

The fairytale ballroom had transformed into a nightmare stage where my life’s most brutal truth was being revealed.

My fingers dug into Alpha Sherman’s arm as I desperately searched his face.

“What is he talking about? What’s happening?” My voice cracked, panic crawling up my spine like icy fingers.

Alpha Sherman remained positioned in front of me, his body rigid and tense.

His silence was worse than any answerit felt like the ground beneath my feet had turned to thin glass, ready to shatter at any moment.

Finally, he spoke, his words rushed and laced with an Alpha command that carried an unfamiliar edge of fear. “Nothing. He’s delusional. Don’t listen to him. We need to leave. Now.”

But I couldn’t tear my gaze from the man’s amber-gold eyeseyes identical to my own. Something primal in me recognized the connection, making it impossibl