C178 THEY WERE PROTECTING HER FROM HER OWN TRUTH

Stefan couldn't shake Mia's voice from his head. The way she'd sobbed those words 'My mom, she's alive' like they were being torn from her soul.

Every logical part of his brain told him it was impossible, but the raw certainty in her eyes had stopped him cold.

He hadn't argued. Instead, he'd held her face in his hands, made her look at him