Chapter 26 Staying

• Dane’s POV
• I stepped forward, my voice laced with anger. “Her parents were the traitors who orchestrated our mother’s death—your sister’s death! She is the daughter of those traitors!” I spat.
• A heavy silence settled over us. One second. Then another. And another. Finally, Leo sighed, shaking his head. “Now I get it,” he murmured, his gaze fixed on Kira’s unconscious form. “Now I get it.” He exhaled sharply before lifting his eyes to meet mine and my brothers’.