Chapter 178: Unravelling the Lies

Tyler held me tightly as I struggled to process the bombshell that had just dropped on my life. My mother’s dismissive attitude along with her instruction to keep this revelation a secret cut me deeply, but it was the realization that my entire life had been built on a lie that truly shattered me.

He rubbed my back soothingly, his warmth offering a small measure of comfort in the midst of my turmoil.

“We’ll figure this out,” he repeated, his voice a steady anchor in the storm of my emotions.

I pulled away slightly, looking up at him with tear-filled eyes. “I don’t even know where to start,” I admitted, feeling lost.

“Well, let’s go see if Shane can tell us more about the Elysian Line,” Tyler suggested.

But I wasn’t interested in that right now. Right now, all I could think about was the fact that the parents I had known my entire life were not really my parents. The life I had thought was mine wasn’t real. I was adopted. I was adopted, and Aunt Mara had known but hadn’t told me. It fe