Magnus’ POVThe tension in the room was suffocating. Elias’s sharp warning still rang in the air, and I could feel the weight of every word pressing down on me. My father’s fists remained clenched, his knuckles white, as he wrestled with his emotions. I dared not speak, but I knew the storm wasn’t over yet.“I never did any of that,” I said, my voice firm but carefully measured. I couldn’t let myself sound defensive—not in front of Elias, and certainly not in front of my father. “I never laid a hand on Milana.”Elias turned his cold gaze to me, a flicker of disdain crossing his face. “Perhaps you didn’t, Magnus. But your Luna did.”My stomach dropped. Riana. Her actions were catching up to her—and to me, by association. The room seemed to close in on me, the tension doubling as I scrambled for a response.“That doesn’t mean I had any part in it,” I argued, but even to my own ears, my words sounded weak.Elias sneered. “It doesn’t matter if you did or didn’t. You’re complicit, Magnus.
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