Aria's POV
I sat up straight. "What?"
Mateo and Lucian both looked at me.
"Who's Damon?" Mateo asked.
"I don't know," I admitted. "He called me earlier today. Said he had information about my family."
"Absolutely not," Lucian said immediately. "You're not meeting some stranger right after the Council just tried to kidnap you."
"He might have answers about my parents," I argued.
"Or he might be working for the Council," Mateo countered.
"Either way, I need to know who he is."
I stood up and both of them tried to stop me but I pushed past them. I'd just faced down the entire Council. I wasn't about to hide from one mysterious stranger.
When I got outside, I saw him standing at the edge of my compound.
He was tall, maybe the same height as Mateo, with dark hair and eyes that looked almost black in the fading light.
