The Stillborn Lie

ROWAN’S POV

The record scratches.

The entire room goes dead silent.

My brain… breaks.

The rogues trade lost, confused looks. Vance’s head comes up slow, his gold eyes narrowing.

And I stand there perfectly still while the word goes off in my skull, over and over.

Brother. Victor is her brother. The Rogue King is her brother.

Which means—

Victor Black goes completely motionless.

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