The Hidden Heir

Valerie treated Silas's words as if they were a joke. “How could you, an outsider, claim to know my identity better than I do?”

Silas responded with an amused look and countered, “What if it's something that has been kept from you?”

Valerie's eyes narrowed, and it felt as if time stood still, even though only a few seconds had passed.

She had never questioned her identity before this moment.

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