LOGINSelene's POV
Elara shook her head quickly, her eyes wide with fear. "You should ask him when you go back home. It is not my place to say anything more."
Selene's POV Sapphire closed the door behind us."Three days of work," she said.I looked at the table. Then I looked at the walls. Then I looked at the table again.It was buried. Not stacked neatly, not modestly organised, but completely buried under files and print
Selene's POV I was exhausted down to my bones by the time I left the castle.The argument with Ethan had wrung something out of me that the quiet of my room afterward had not been able to put back. I lay there for a while in the dark, staring at the ceiling, but the room was too still and no amount of lying quietly in it was going to change that.I thought about Eli. About the sound of his laughter and the way he r
Victor's POV I gave the order with the kind of calm that came from having already decided and having no interest in being talked out of it."Prepare for the banquet," I said. "We are attending."The silence that followed was the kind that forms when a room full of people has received information they were not expecting and is trying to decide how to respond to it without overstepping.
Selene's POV Ethan looked at me, his jaw tight. He said nothing."Good," I said. "Then listen to me."I stood up and I did not raise my voice because I did not need to. The quieter I spoke right now, the more clearly he would hear every word."Let me tell you what Mel
Selene's POV Ethan's calls started coming in twenty minutes later. One after another, spaced just far enough apart that he was clearly trying to appear calm rather than rattled. I let every single one ring out without answering because I had nothing to say to him over the phone. Whatever needed to be said between us was going to be said with both of us in the same room.When night had properly fallen and I had cle
Selene's POV Suddenly, Melissa straightened her shoulders and something changed in her expression. Like a new kind of energy moved in where the grief had been sitting, the brightness of a person who has been turning something over in their mind and has finally arrived at a plan they feel good about.I recognised that look. And honestly, it made me slightly nervous."I have been thinking," she started.
Victor's POV Sitting in that damned hall, my jaw was clenched so tightly I thought I might crack a tooth. I could feel Elara beside me as my father’s voice kept droning on, each word pounding against my skull like a hammer.“This alliance means everything,” he stated sweetly. “Nightbreeze and Nig
Selene's POV A week passed by quickly, and the day arrived sooner than I had expected.I stared at my reflection, standing still in front of the mirror. No silk, no gowns. Just a plain white shirt and jeans. I didn’t even bother with makeup. My braid was messy, my face bare, and my shoulders heavy
Chapter 79Victor's POV MEMORY CONTINUES I should have listened to Abel and the doctor, as every step sent waves of pain coursing through my bones. The wounds on my back, from that silver whip, had barely scabbed, and the wolf poison still burned through my blood like acid. Despite it all, I kep
Selene's POV After about an hour, the horse finally slowed to a halt in front of the guesthouse. The moment Victor's boots hit the ground, he turned and reached up for me.“Don’t you dare touch me,” I snapped.He didn’t say a word, just raised his arms again, waiting.I pushed his hand away, angry







