LOGIN🍃 Arria POV
Alaric was present.
🍃 Arria POVIt was dark outside already.But we had done it—we had finished all the required documents, and now they were lying on Fenrir’s desk, waiting for his final approval.We had all agreed that my name would stay out of this for now. That would give us time until the actual meeting at the palace to decide how to present me, and it would keep me hidden if they were searching for me specifically.Now I had been hiding under the shower for more than thirty minutes because I did not want to go to bed.I did not want to think about Milena either.Me being too harsh with her was weighing on me, but at the same time, I had said what I believed. So I could not really apologize if I had meant it.There were no really safe topics to think about.Everything led to something complicated, so now I was just staring at nothing in particular and trying not to think at all.A knock on the door startled me.He said nothing.Just let me know he was back.I took one more moment, then stepped out.
🍃 Arria POVAlaric was present.No one could ever mistake it for something else.
🌘 Fenrir POVBack to the present.“Youlove it,” Milena said simply.No.Theanswer camebeforethought.
🌘 Fenrir POVEarlier.Arria left Martha’s house like she was on fire.
🍃Arria POV“Explain,”Fenrir said.“I think the seal cracked under the pressure of the curse,” I answered, barely audible.Silence followed.Heavy.I expected them to realize how stupid my gamehad been. To worry about whatwascoming now.To think of where to send me.
🍃 Arria POVTwo hours later, in Fenrir’s office.“So, team Arria is back on track,” I tried to sound cheerful, but itdidn’tcome out right.Everyone looked at me with different emotions in their eyes—suspicion, confusion, uncertainty, anticipation, and more.“We are all here, and Fenrir doesn’t look ready to kill us, so what did I miss again?” Melanie helped me break the tension.“You missed nothi







