เข้าสู่ระบบ“Don’t you think,” I said carefully, “that at this point it might be simpler to just—”“Clearly, she’s being influenced by him,” Dominic cut me off. He crossed to his desk and began shuffling around papers. “Lucas has had his hooks in her for a long time, and she’s not going to snap out of it on her
Vivian’s POVI was done waiting.I had decided this morning. I had been patient. I had been strategic. I had played the long game and smiled through every single slight and setback, and what did I have to show for it?Ellie was still here. Still wearing the title that was supposed to be mine. Still
Empty. Just a couple racks of clothes and the faint scent of mothballs.Dominic stood there for a moment, staring into the empty space. I could only see the partial outline of his jaw from this angle, but I could see it tense. His hand fell to his side, and I could nearly scent the moment he realize
Ellie’s POVI woke up before my alarm went off the next morning.That wasn’t terribly unusual anymore. A good night’s sleep felt like a distant memory at this point; my mind was always racing too much for proper dreams to fill the space. This morning was no different. I laid there for a moment stari
“I’ll handle the plague,” he said. “We’ll get a plan in order. Root out the people who are sick and quarantine them before it spreads. I’ll talk to my healers about developing a vaccine.”I let out a breath. “You’d do that?”“You just told me children die, Ellie. So yes, of fucking course I would do
Ellie’s POV“That’s it,” I finished. The words had all come out in a rush, and I felt breathless and lightheaded. “I woke up in my eighteen-year-old bedroom, and my mom was still alive, and my wolf said the Moon Goddess gave us another chance. And now here I am.”Lucas didn’t say anything for a long
“Ugh!” She jabbed my chest again. “You don’t mean any of this! You don’t care! I know you don’t! I know it for a fact! So stop acting like you care what I think ad stop bothering me!”“A fact?” My head snapped. “Ellie, what are you talking about? We’ve never even had a chance to—”She shoved me hard
“I’m fine, Viv. Just got a lot going on.”A lie. A terrible one.Because his gaze drifted again, drawn like a magnet to Ellie’s bright laugh across the courtyard.Heat crawled up my throat, and I had to bite down to keep it from spilling out. I wasn’t desperate. I refused to be desperate. Dominic h
Ellie POV The dummy’s eyes flickered. It was dying.Gasps echoed. And a few people snickered.“Told you. She wouldn’t last.”“Some ‘prodigy,’ huh? She really is just some wanna be luna with a mask.”But instead of panicking, something in me was turning gears.I hadn’t messed up.My stitching was cl
Vivian POVDominic and I sat together at one of the long benches outside the training hall, sunlight flickering through the trees overhead, scattering gold across his hair like the world was doing me a personal favor. Normally, this was our spot. Where he’d sit with his friends flanking him, all of







