MARCO As Luca's words hung in the air, I reached out to Aaron through our mind-link, my voice laced with tension. “What do you think of this, Aaron? Think he’s telling the truth?” I asked, keeping my gaze locked on Luca’s face, watching every flicker of emotion, every shift in his posture. My Beta’s response came almost immediately, sharp and skeptical. “I think he’s full of it, Marco. The guy walks into our land like he owns the place, throws out this story about Katherina and some prophecy, and we’re just supposed to believe he’s doing this out of the goodness of his heart? No. There’s more to this. He’s hiding something.” I let out an outward sigh, mulling his words over. I really couldn’t argue with Aaron’s logic, you know? What if he was right? What if this was all some elabo