Zion let out a long, relieved sigh, tension visibly leaving his shoulders.
"But now… I understand why you never acknowledged her. Why the palace never sent for her. She wasn't the real princess."
Zion's eyes lowered, guilt flickering across his expression. He made a mistake. He misidentified Claire as the missing princess. And while he was guarding a decoy, Beta Greg betrayed him and leaked the same false information to their enemies.
Ironically, that mistake gave Addison the safety she needed to recover in peace. While Claire drew their attention at the Midnight River Pack, the real princess, Addison, was able to be taken to the Sacred Land to be healed and return to the capital unharmed.
He looked toward Addison and then the royal couple.
"So now I can only assume… just as I was shocked to learn Addison is the true princess, our hidden enemies will be equally stunned to realize she's been right under their noses this entire time."
