LOGINEllie’s POVThe guests flooded in more quickly than I expected. At first, there was just a trickle, but then the line of cars along the roadway grew longer and longer, and the packs started coming out in droves, all clamoring to get a look.I was standing in front of the row of hay bales now, on my
Ellie’s POVI was already moving. Dominic called after me, but I didn’t stop to hear what he had said. The pull was too strong to ignore, like an itch that desperately needed to be scratched.A moment later, I reached the treeline. It was cooler here, shaded and quiet, the sounds of the festival set
Ellie’s POVFor a moment, I just laid there in Dominic’s arms, staring up at him, too startled to speak. He was looking down at me with an expression that seemed caught somewhere between surprised, annoyed, and amused.Either way, he didn’t put me down right away. His fingers splayed wide across my
The pack noticed, too. I didn’t expect them to, but they did. And they told me as such, too. Hardly a day went by that some person or another didn’t mention how hard I was working, or how impressed they were. Even members of the staff who had looked down upon me in my past life now answered all of m
Ellie’s POV“What do you think?” Sarah held up the flags she had just spent the last hour working on. One was bright red with yellow lines cutting back and forth through it, and the other was white and black checkered.I tapped my chin, studying the flags, then nodded. “Those are perfect. We’ll make
Ellie’s POV“Whether you like it or not, Vivian, Ellie is the Luna for now.”I froze in the doorway as soon as I heard those words. Ellie is the Luna. For now.Dominic said it like I was just a temporary thing. Something to be replaced, just as I had been in my past life, the very moment they found
Dominic POV There are six cakes on the table. Six. Three tiers each. Decorative piping. Edible gold leaf. One of them has hand-painted sugar roses that probably required a degree in architecture. My mother looks pleased. The pastry chef looks terrified. Ellie looks like she would rather
Ellie POV I wake up in a bed that is more from a dream then reality. Before opening my eyes I already know it’s all wrong—The sheets too soft. The room is too large. Even the air smells expensive, like polished wood and something faintly floral that probably costs more than my entire monthly gr
Ellie POV Sarah arrives thirty minutes later. I love her, but to say she wouldn’t shut up is an understatement. She takes one look at me sitting in a dining room meant for royalty and bursts out laughing. “Okay. No. Pause. What is happening? Why are you dressed like a bridal P*******t board
Dominic POVI come home from practice sore in places I didn’t know could still ache.My shoulders are tight, knuckles scraped, lungs burning like I didn’t quite finish breathing before I left the training ring. Usually that kind of exhaustion helps. Usually it quiets things.Tonight, it doesn’t tou







