°•♡Chapter 97~ We Should Talk

I didn’t mean to walk that fast back to my chamber. But I needed to get away—from the garden, from Lucien, from the weight of that final look he gave me.

His words looped in my head. "Selene was a stray too." The implication hung heavy.

And just like that, my insides twisted into knots. I hated that he was making me overthink. And I hated that he had a point.

But no. I had to be smarter than this. Things had been happening long before Ansel ever showed up at the gates, bruised and terrified. The twins loved her. They trusted her. I trusted her.

Still…

There was another spy in the Citadel. And until I found them, I wasn’t going to sleep easy.

My mind was racing too fast to register that I’d taken the long hallway leading toward the study. I made a sharp turn and that’s when I almost collided with him.

Ronan.

I stopped short. So did he.

His eyes flickered—surprised, maybe. Or... not surprised at all. I couldn't be sure.

“Sorry,” I said, too quickly, stepping aside.

He didn’t move rig