~Valeria~
I tried to take a step forward, toward Dad, but Alerion moved with me, blocking my path completely.
"Don't," he said, and it wasn't a request.
"Move!" I shoved at his back but it was like pushing a brick wall. "Let me through!"
Zane's hand clamped around my wrist, his grip tight enough that I actually gasped. "Val, stop. You're not thinking straight."
"Let go of me!" I yanked my arm but he didn't budge. "Zane, I swear to god…"
"No." His voice came with a final authority. "You're not going near him until we know for sure."
For sure what? That my own father isn't some evil doppelganger?
Lysander suddenly crashed into my side, wrapping both arms around me and burying his face in my shoulder. "We just found you, Val. We can't let anyone take you away. We can't."
His voice wa
