CHAPTER 11: WIDE EYES AND DARK SECRETSSELENE'S POV I am sitting on the bed, bare skin slicked with sweat, every inch of me trembling, my breath shallow and uneven. Their eyes—those stark, widened eyes—are fixed on me, unblinking, wide, as if they’ve turned into judgment themselves. Lyra’s lips part and close again, useless, unable to form even the smallest syllable. Her silence screams louder than any word she could possibly throw at me. My teeth sink hard into my bottom lip until the sting turns metallic.Oh, fuck.A quiver runs up my spine, shame flooding through every nerve as I sit naked before my sister and Morgana. My body feels foreign to me, betrayed, exposed under their gaze. My thoughts swirl into knots—unraveling, tangling, breaking. What a sick mess. What a cruel, unbearable mistake. I try to swallow the heat crawling into my cheeks, but it only burns deeper, pressing against my ribs.What am I supposed to say? What excuse could possibly make sense? My mouth dries up, my
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