Chapter 480

Norah didn’t call Karina back. Instead, she spoke calmly, her voice steady but edged with frustration. “Why does Karina know, but you don’t? Jace, at a time like this, are you still lying to me?”

Her sharp, piercing gaze locked onto Jace, demanding the truth.

Jace’s lips parted slowly, his tone calm but firm. “Norah, if I were going to deceive anyone, it wouldn’t be you. I recognized you and didn’t tell anyone else because you had found peace. You didn’t remember your past, and I didn’t want to drag you back into that chaos. When I realized you were Pharaoh’s daughter, I knew the Yi tribe wasn’t where you belonged.”

The Yi tribe was in turmoil. Calvin was obsessed with surpassing Pharaoh, developing poisons to control people and seizing power. Pharaoh, on the other hand, was focused on expanding the tribe, creating a polarized society. Norah was kind-hearted, living a stable life. Telling her the truth would have shattered that peace.

Jace had thought Norah was married, with a child of her own. He hadn’t wanted to disrupt her life.

“What are you thinking?” Norah asked, noticing Jace’s distant expression. Her brows furrowed as she stepped closer to him.