As he spoke, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a second document.
"This," he said, waving the paper in his hand slightly, "is a signed affidavit from the man who helped you fake your identity. He's confessed to everything—including the money you paid him to stay quiet. Unfortunately for you, loyalty doesn't come cheap. And when the price is right, people tend to talk more."
Marianna's face went pale and she almost crumbled under the weight of the truth that was being released layer by layer. How did he come by all these just a few days after she made her appearance? Didn't that man promise him that he had tightened every loose ends and even if Jace were to discover anything it wouldn't be the fact that she was an imposter?
"I-I can explain," she stuttered, but her voice was drowned out by the rising voices in the hall.