로그인Ellie POVDominic stepped into our space with ease. He was smiling, the air changed immediately, the way it does when a predator enters a room and everyone pretends they don’t notice.I couldn’t help but shrink as his hand closed over mine, as if he could feel the tremor running through my fingers.
Lucas’s jaw tightened at the last word, and for a moment something in his expression flickered—almost softness, almost regret.Then it was gone.He nodded once, slow.“Yeah, well,” he said. “You never really needed it, so don’t worry about it. You’re exactly where you want to be, right?”My fists cu
Ellie POVThe first time I laughed, it surprised me.It slipped out before I could catch it, bright, totally unguarded, and the sound felt unfamiliar in my own throat, as if my body had forgotten how to make it without flinching afterward.For a second I expected the room to turn sharp again, for so
Ellie POVMy mother rushed past me like I wasn’t even there.For a moment, I just stood frozen, watching the hem of her deep purple gown sweep across the floor as she dropped to her knees beside Vivian, her white-gloved hands hovering helplessly over Vivian’s cheek, which was already swelling an ugl
He didn’t speak.He just stood there, staring at me with an expression I couldn’t fully name, something wounded and furious and heartbreakingly human all at once. His fingers twitched at his sides, curling and uncurling like he wanted to reach for me and didn’t trust himself to try.I felt this shar
Ellie POVYou know, I expected this.Even after everything Dominic had done these past few weeks, after the contract and the quiet promises and the way he had looked at me lately as if this arrangement was something fragile and real instead of something written in ink and obligation, a part of me ha
Ellie POV By the time evening rolls around, my brain feels like it’s been wrung out like a rag. School had been a circus—whispers, stares, people pretending they weren’t looking directly at my neck as if a glowing bond mark might suddenly appear. That’s not how that works but it sure felt like it.
Ellie POV I just wanted one peaceful meal. One.But by lunch, I honestly thought things couldn’t get worse.That was my first mistake.The cafeteria felt like a coliseum, and I was the sacrifice of the week. My friends and I barely step into line before the whispers start circling like vultures.“I
Ellie's POVVivian emerged from her own fitting room just as Dominic's face fell. When she saw him, she immediately rushed to his side, linking their arms together in an obvious display of possession."Dominic!" she exclaimed breathlessly. "What do you think of my dress? Don't I look beautiful?"But
Dominic POVI barely make it to my locker before my friends descend on me like starving vultures.“Bro, you look different today,” Marcus says, elbowing me hard enough to bruise a warrior.“Glowing,” Tyler adds with a smirk. “Heard the news, and it’s pretty clear the Moon Goddess finally blessed yo







