Saved... and Challenged

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CHAPTER 196

~Valerie's POV~

"Valerie Nightshade, do you have powers?"

I blinked when Snow asked the question.

It wasn't a smart move on my part, not when I was surrounded by people who weren't stupid—no, far from it. 

These weren't ordinary guys. They were Alpha heirs, sons of some of the most powerful bloodlines in our realm. 

A quake like that wouldn't just randomly happen and vanish into thin air. They knew it. I knew they knew it.

But I had to lie. I had to try.

For now, I could only hope and pray that my answer, flimsy as it might be, would be enough to push past their suspicions.

Because I was bound by one law—one terrifying, absolute truth that governed my entire existence:

Do not let anyone know the truth about you.