LOGINAnthony's POV
I could still hear Selene crying.
Even after she ended
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 “She's really going with them,” I said in a low, flat voice.I stood at the top of the stairs, still wet from the mess upstairs, gripping the wooden rail so hard it cracked under my fingers. Below, I watched Selene walking out of the mansion with Daniella at her side and two of the pr
Selene's POV The first thing I felt was the cold.It crept under my skin, slow and sharp, like tiny needles pressing into every part of me. My wrists burned, not just from the tight grip of the chains, but from the awful sting of silver.I tried to move, but I couldn’t.Panic overwhelmed me as I t
Selene's POV Victor's gaze stayed locked on mine, dark and intense. "Selene," he whispered, my name sounding like a prayer on his lips. "Please, Victor, get off me.”“I can’t. I have wanted you for so long.” His voice was rough, almost broken, as he reached out, tucking a wet strand of hair behin
Selene's POV Ever since I left the Nightshade Pack with Daniella, I had been drowning in sorrow. No matter how much I told myself to let it go, my heart kept returning to the same moment. The second Victor looked me in the eye and refused to answer my question about rejecting Camilla.He could mak







