The word "executed" kept echoing in Luna’s head, bouncing around until it felt like it was stuck inside her skull. For a moment, everything else just vanished – the fancy furniture, the sunlight streaming through the windows, even the comforting smell of coffee. It all faded, replaced by one simple, terrifying thought: she had only survived one night, and now a group of strangers was deciding if she’d get another. Luna pushed herself up from her chair, her hands trembling against the polished wood as if the room had tilted. "I'm leaving," she announced. No one moved. No one even looked surprised, which somehow felt worse. "I mean it," she said, her voice firmer this time, though still laced with disbelief. "I’m not sitting here while people I’ve never met vote on whether I live or die." Darius met her gaze, completely unfazed, as if he'd already expected this. "If you leave this estate, you'll be dead before you reach the gates." "You don't know that." "I do." His certainty was a
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