LOGINIn my room, I pulled out my suitcase and began to pack. I gathered the essentials: a few changes of clothes, my toiletries. I changed out of the ruined dress the rogues had given me, took a quick shower just to rinse off the dirt and blood, then threw on a pair of jeans and a sweater that I’d stolen
Ellie’s POVMy mother laid on the cold metal table, just as lifeless as the steel beneath her. Her hair fanned out around her, her face pale and peaceful.It wasn’t her. Not really. The part that was my mother, her soul, was somewhere far better than this life had ever afforded her. All that was lef
A roar split the air, and for a moment, I thought it came from my own throat before I heard gasping behind me and realized that it was Dominic. I looked up through blurred vision and saw him standing over Gareth’s body. The rogue wasn’t moving. His throat was torn out, his one good eye staring blank
Ellie’s POVI couldn’t move.My mother was on the ground with a lake of blood pooling beneath her, and all I could do was fucking stand there and stare.Dominic’s grip on my arm vanished. He shifted mid-stride and launched himself at Gareth, who did the same. The two collided in the air, fur and fle
Ellie’s POVDominic shifted back to human form and stood there for a moment, chest heaving, just staring at me. His face was pale, drained of all color save for the red blood staining his skin. He looked like he’d bee nthrough hell. I supposed I looked much the same.“Ellie,” he said in a raw voice.
Ellie’s POVI ran until my lungs were on fire and my legs felt like they were about to give out.The invisibility had worn off about halfway through my escape, leaving me exposed and more vulnerable than I would have liked. I tried eating some more petals of the Ghost’s Whisper, but they didn’t work
Vivian POV I stood there.Alone. Alone after Dominic — my Dominic — walked away from me like I didn’t exist.People stared. Whispers spread. Faces turned pitying.I smiled through all of it. Soft. Sweet. The perfect little victim.Inside? I was burning.How dare he.I watched Dominic grab Lucas lik
“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







