Ankyra Sound we walk like there's nothing wrong.

The question came abruptly enough that for a moment, Kevlyn teetered on the edge of saying, "no". He caught himself with his mouth half-open, tongue against the roof of his mouth, and slowly he closed it. He knew his real mother was a pale wolf, and that his father was tawny. He could remember those details, although not much else about them. Their names already eluded him, and sometimes in his memory it was Caiaphas who played the role of mother.

For that reason, he opened his mouth again and said, "yes, she is." This, of course, was not a foolproof lie. Any wolf who knew exactly when Aktaie left could tell that he was too old, unless Caiaphas had come to the Sound already pregnant. Still, it was a lie he told in devotion to the siren queen, for he sensed there would be judgment, possibly even contempt, if he told the truth of his origin.