Leila's POV:
The moment Raphael's words sliced through the air, I felt something inside me crack open. The world around me blurred as if everything but the truth he spoke faded into the background. Daughter of the ones who murdered Drake's parents?
It wasn't Layla who reeled from the shock this time—it was me. Leila. My human side, the part of me I had buried deep to escape the pain and trauma, resurfaced with such force that it shattered the walls I had built around it. I could feel my humanity rushing back like a tidal wave, fierce and unrelenting. All the fear, guilt, and the suffocating weight of the truth I had kept hidden came crashing down on me. But instead of breaking me, it fueled me.
