The news hit Cambria like a bolt of lightning. Knox. Her first instinct was to deny it. Knox, her most trusted, no, her family. The man who had been with her from the very beginning, the one who had always been there, watching, supporting her. The man she had once thought of as a brother.
But the evidence was undeniable. Elara's message had left no room for doubt. Knox had been feeding Elena information. He had been working with her all along. The shock reverberated through her entire body, and for a moment, everything felt like it was spinning out of control. She wanted to scream, to rail against the injustice of it all, but no sound escaped her.
Maddox, standing across from her, looked as though he too was trying to process the enormity of what Cambria had just learned. His face went pale, his lips tightening in frustration.
"No," he said, his voice barely a whisper. "No, it can't be true. It doesn't make sense."
