Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Luna They Left to Rot in Prison: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 13

Clara’s POVThe music from the ballroom was loud enough that I could hear it through the ceiling. I laid on my bed staring up at the ceiling. I can't believe what Rose had said.You’ll have everyone to yourself again. You’ll be the only daughter here. It was hilarious.Did she really think that was how this worked? That she could marry the prince, move away and somehow everything would go back to how it had been before she arrived?I would move back into my old bedroom and forget everything that had happened to me because of her.And we would all just be one big happy family again.No.That family was dead to me.And I didn’t want Rose’s place.No, my place back.Anywhere had to be better than staying somewhere I was constantly being reminded that I no longer belonged.I'd suffered enough because of her.I rolled over onto my side.The bed springs dug into my side, but I ignored them.I just wanted to sleep. Shut everything out for a few hours and wake up when the ballroom was empt

Clara’s POVSlowly, I looked up. Every eye in the ballroom was on me.Oh goddess.I crossed my arms over my chest, trying to cover myself, but there was too much of me exposed. My scars.I felt sick.I had promised myself in Hellwolf that if I ever got out, I would never let anyone make me feel weak again.Yet here I was. Again.My heart started beating faster as the sounds of the room around me disappeared. Blood rushing through my ears overtook everything.I could feel their eyes on me.Everywhere.My skin crawled as I tightened my arms around myself.But it wasn’t enough.Panic and fear grew stronger. My breathing became shallow as my eyes jumped over the faces surrounding me, and everything closing in around me.I needed to get out.My hands started shaking against my skin and my stomach cramped.I tried to breathe through it.In and out. But the air wouldn’t go deep enough.‘Get up’, I told myself in my head. But my legs wouldn’t work.Tears pushed behind my eyes. Burning.Not he