"I don't want to talk about that," Raine whispered.
Killian exhaled slowly, dragging a hand through his dark hair. "You don't have a choice anymore. I know who you are. And I've kept bigger secrets than this, Raine. But I need the truth."
Silence stretched thick in the room. Outside, wind howled through the stone halls of the dormitory.
"He was my twin," she lied at last, her voice breaking and getting into an act."He died the night before the academy entrance trials. They… they killed him thinking it was me."
Killian's eyes widened, his entire body going still.
"They?" he echoed.