Aidan.
"How can she be Maria?" Adrein asked immediately.
His voice cut through the stunned silence of the room, pulling me out of my shock almost instantly.
I blinked and looked up.
Honestly, his question echoed exactly what was running through my own mind.
How could the Lycan Princess possibly be Maria?
None of it made sense, not even a single part of it.
Noah visibly grimaced. "Can you lower your voice?" he said, disgust dripping from his tone as though Adrein's question had personally offended him.
Adrein's eyes narrowed immediately. "Leave my tone aside and answer my question!" he shot back, irritation evident in every word.
The tension between them thickened instantly.
For a moment, it looked as though neither of them intended to back down.
Noah released an impatient sigh, as he rubbed his temple briefly before fixing Adrein with an annoyed stare.
"Look here, I have no explanation whatsoever," he said bluntly. "I have said what you need to know."
