All Chapters of The Luna they cried monster: Chapter 41 - Chapter 43

Stella's povThey came for me at dawn, two guards at my door with the stiff posture of men who had been ordered to arrest someone they didn't actually believe was guilty."This is absurd," I told Kaelen, once I'd been dragged before him in the small interrogation chamber off the throne room, still in my sleeping robes, my hair unbrushed for the first time in longer than I could remember. "I had nothing to do with poisoning that girl.""You were seen near the tray," Kaelen said with a cold look. "Twice, according to witnesses. Once before the wine was poured, and once directly before it was served.""I was near the tray because I was avoiding my father's company for as long as socially possible," I snapped. "If you interrogate every noblewoman who ever hovered near a wine table to escape a tedious conversation, you'll have half the court in chains by nightfall."Kaelen's expression didn't shift, but I saw something behind his eyes like he didn’t buy what I was saying."Give me somethin

Magnus's povThe east wing collapsed behind us with a roar that shook the entire foundation of the mansion, sending a wave of heat and sparks rolling down the corridor we were sprinting through. Homer stumbled, his weakened legs finally giving out beneath him, and I caught him before he hit the floor, throwing his arm back over my shoulder even as I kept my eyes fixed on the ceiling above us, watching for the cracks that would warn us before it gave way."There," Kaelen shouted, pointing toward a side exit half-obscured by smoke. "That way, it's clear!"We ran for it, Calista's mother sobbing quietly with fear as Stella half-dragged her along, Calista herself moving beside me with a fierce, focused calm that told me she'd buried her own terror somewhere deep enough not to slow her down.We were three strides from the exit when the ceiling above it groaned.I saw it a second before it happened, the ancient beam directly over the doorway shuddering loose from its supports, and I did the