Chapter 34

"What else can you tell me?" I curled up in an armchair in front of the roaring fireplace in Lilith's decadent office. I wanted to cry. I wanted to rage and curse and break things. My parents had lied to me. My entire existence.

I was out here living a dark fairytale, and was left to find out everything on my own. Lilith must think I'm the stupidest child to walk the earth.

"That it's not your fault." Lilith threw me a smile. "Secrecy is the most important task of blending in with society."

"My parents are essentially sleeper agents for the Supes. I believe that goes beyond secrecy into falsehood."

"It's not like they could have announced themselves. They knew you were going to end up being a Bride. Tierney is the daughter of Liliana, the last true Luna. Roderick is a mutt of a few different supernatural DNA."

"But why did I not know my mother was a wolf?!" My sigh was a heavy thing. "How could she hi