Valentina's POV “And from this moment, Valentina Odessa Isolde is crowned Luna!”The roar of voices filled the great hall, shaking through the stone walls and rolling over me like a tidal wave. My name was being carried in the mouths of men and women who had once looked at me with disgust who had said I was unworthy of life but tonight, their voices shouted. They declared me Luna.For a heartbeat I couldn’t breathe. The crown sat heavy on my head, pressing against my temples, but the weight felt like vindication. Years of enduring, of waiting, of walking through fire only to be met with silence and punishment, were now wrapped in this moment. I had survived. I had been chosen.I smiled. For the first time in years, I allowed myself to smile without fear of what it might cost me.Ryker wasn’t here, but his shadow was I guess. His decisions, all of them had carved the path that led me to this place. He had gone, vanished into the air of his own choices, and still the mark he left could
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