LOGINSelene's POV
Abel's question hit me somewhere I wasn't prepared for.
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Selene's POV The moment I stepped into my room, something in me exhaled.It was the walls first. That deep, familiar shade of purple that I had chosen myself, a long time ago, back when choosing the colour of a room had felt like the most significant kind of freedom available to me. Then the ceiling, and the chandelier, that 3D hemisphere moon I had loved from the first moment I saw it.I stood in the doorway for a
Selene's POV I had no answer for that, so I sat with it instead, turning it over in the early morning quiet, feeling the warmth of Victor's hand still resting near my side. The curtains were barely open, just a thin line of pale light pressing through the gap. The room was still. The whole world felt still.“What if he does.”I let those four words do what they wanted to do, let them push back against e
Selene's POV Warmth settled over me in a way I hadn't felt in a long time.Not the sharp, fleeting kind that comes and goes before you can hold onto it. This was slower. The kind that starts somewhere in your chest and spreads outward until it reaches parts of you that have been cold for so long you had stopped noticing.I stood at the window for a while after Abel left, just feeling it.
Selene's POV Abel's question hit me somewhere I wasn't prepared for.Not because it was unexpected, not entirely, but because of the way he said it. Without accusation. Without the cold, clipped distance he had carried the last time this subject had come up between us. This was different. I looked at him for a moment without answering.
Selene's POV Helena smiled. It was a slow, satisfied curve of the mouth, the smile of someone who has just watched an arrow find its mark."You know what things," she said."I asked you a question. Answer it or stop talking."Her smile didn't waver. "You are hiding so
Selene's POV Helena's eyes narrowed. I watched her mouth begin to form the word again, slowly, like she wanted me to see it coming.But then her hand came up at the same time.I didn't think. I didn't pause. I didn't weigh it or consider it or give myself time to talk myself out of it.
Selene's POV Since the banquet, I hadn’t seen Victor. Not even once.And somehow, that made everything worse.There was this heavy cloud sitting in my chest, and every day it got heavier. It was like I couldn’t breathe properly, like my heart was dragging my body down with it.I had tried to stay
Vanessa's POV I was still struggling to catch my breath.My hands were shaking, and my heels kept clicking too fast against the marble floor as the guards dragged us down the hallway. Camilla stayed quiet beside me, her face pale and her eyes wide like she was about to pass out.Heck, my chest bur
Victor's POV The drive to the banquet felt longer than it should have. I sat stiff in the back seat, fingers tapping against my knee, my jaw clenched the whole time. As we got closer to the venue, my chest felt increasingly heavy.I couldn't shake the image of Selene being there. Looking beautifu
Selene's POVVanessa scoffed like I had just said something stupid. “That’s all you can say? Really? You should be on your knees right now, begging for forgiveness.”Her voice echoed through the hall. It wasn’t loud, but it was sharp, full of hate, and it cut through the music. In that moment, peo







