Nova POV:
The room falls into an uneasy silence, the weight of Luca’s words hanging heavily in the air. I can feel the collective shock ripple through the group, each of us grappling with the reality of what it meant for Sebastian to be the lost Prince of the Vampires.
“Prince Sebastian?” Jax echoes incredulously, his grip on my waist tightening. “Royalty!?”
Sebastian shifts slightly, discomfort etched on his face. “It’s not something I want known,” he replies, his tone polite yet firm, laced with an underlying tension. “After my family sacrificed me to save themselves and assumed me dead, I’ve done everything I can to ensure others wouldn’t suffer because of them.”
“Sacrificed you?” I ask, the pain radiating from him hitting me like a physical blow. “What do you mean?”
Taking a deep
