Adrian's POV
The journey back to the vampire realm should not have felt as heavy as it did, yet with every step I took toward the gates of the royal castle, it felt as if the world tightened its grip around my chest.
The weight of the truth I carried was almost suffocating, and though I had spent countless hours imagining how I would finally confront my parents with everything that had unfolded around me, nothing had prepared me for the moment itself. The truth was too vast, too tangled, too impossible, and I had no idea how they would react once they finally heard it all.
