Viya's POV
"You're not a child of the Lockwood family..."Having gotten the hardest part out, Aunt Josephine found the rest easier. "The real Viya died a long time ago."
"When she passed away, your dad and mom happened to be on assignment in Southeast Asia. When they raided a trafficking den, they rescued you—a child the traffickers had left behind."
"After they came back, they tried to find your biological parents. But the situation in Southeast Asia was too complicated back then. It wasn't easy to investigate, and they worried your background might be dangerous—that drawing too much attention could bring those traffickers to Lakeside City looking for you."
"Plus, the real Viya had just died. So they applied to temporarily raise you under her identity while they looked for op
