#Chapter 93: Giana's Lies

I couldn't wait any longer. The evidence we'd gathered was too important to sit on while Kane wrestled with his demons and Raymond sank deeper into magical conditioning. People were going to die if I didn't act. I confronted Giana the next morning in the pack library, a location I chose deliberately for its relative privacy and psychological significance. The library had always been my sanctuary, a place where truth lived in the pages of books. "I know about your midnight meetings," I said without preamble, watching her face carefully for any reaction. Giana looked up from the book she'd been pretending to read—a volume on pack law that I doubted she had any genuine interest in. Her expression shifted seamlessly into confused innocence, a mask so perfectly crafted it would have fooled anyone who didn't know what lay beneath. "What are you talking about, Aurora?" she asked with exactly the right amount of bewilderment. "Don't pretend you don't know." I stepped closer, letting