جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 10

Lana stared at her laptop screen with the sort of hatred normally reserved for ex-boyfriends, tax collectors, and people who said werewolf romances were unrealistic.“It is damn realistic..” She muttered.The clock at the corner of her screen, read 1:47 a.m.Her apartment was quiet, except for the humming air conditioner and the occasional clicking of her keyboard.An empty snack wrapper lay beside her elbow, three pens were scattered across the desk, while her coffee had gone cold hours ago.None of that mattered.Her heroine was dying, again.Lana leaned closer to the screen.She read the paragraph she had just written.“Luna Isadora stood at the edge of the balcony, unaware that the poison had already spread through her bloodstream.. Behind her, Seraphina smiled.”Lana frowned.“Not dramatic enough.”She highlighted the entire paragraph, delete.She typed another.“Oh, hell no.” She whisperedShe highlighted the entire paragraph again, and deleted it.She leaned back frustratingly,

Lana stood outside the Alpha’s study, staring at the massive wooden doors.She had spent the last twenty minutes preparing herself for this meeting.She had practiced smiling, walking elegantly, and sitting without appearing uneasy.Most importantly, she had practiced behaving like Isadora.Elegant, composed, and graceful.Definitely, not like the woman who had screamed when she discovered she was inside her own novel.And definitely not like the woman whose only current objective was surviving seven days.She inhaled deeply.“You can do this.”She straightened her shoulders.“You are Luna Isadora now.”She nodded firmly.“Act like it.. Don't screw it up, like you always do.”The doors opened.Immediately, Lana forgot everything she had practiced.Cassian Blackwood stood beside the massive windows at the far end of the room.For several seconds, Lana simply stared with her mouth widely opened.'Hell.. no..'She thought.'This is bad.. Really bad.'The man standing in front of her wasn

The next morning, Lana discovered a new problem.The Alpha was staring at her.She noticed it while eating breakfast.At first, she ignored him, and picked up her spoon.Cassian looked at her.She took a bite, he continued staring.She reached for the juice, he was still staring.Lana slowly lowered the glass.“Is there something on my face?”He blinked.“No.”She looked at him suspiciously.“Then, why are you staring at me?”He cleared his throat.“I wasn't aware, I was.”Lana kept looking at him, suspiciously.“You've been doing it since I sat down.”Across the table, Elias suddenly became very interested in his breakfast.Lana narrowed her eyes at him.“Don't you dare laugh.”He raised his head slowly.“I wasn't going to.”She frowned.“You're already smiling.”“I have a naturally pleasant face.” He said.Lana looked at him.“You definitely have a suspicious face.”Elias chuckled.Cassian said nothing.He simply continued watching her.She looked down at her plate.'This is bad.. H

Lana had learned a very important lesson since arriving in her own novel.Knowing what would happen beforehand, didn't automatically make her good at preventing it.In fact, knowing what would happen, seemed to make her life more complicated.She knew another assassination attempt was coming.She remembered the scene clearly from her novel.“I think.. An assassin would be entering the castle through a narrow passage.”She placed a finger on her lips.'Hmm.. Where was it again?'She snapped her fingers.“Right, behind the old kitchens.. He was to hide there until the evening patrol changes, then slip into the eastern corridor.. His mission had been to strangle Isadora to death.”She had known about it, because she had written it herself.That was why she intended to stay as far away from that passage, as possible.Lana made a mental rule for herself.'Do not go near the old kitchens, your own bedroom, or try to investigate strange noises.'She nodded firmly.“I can follow the rules.”E

Lana discovered something important, after being trapped inside her own novel.The smallest changes, often create the biggest disasters.Or perhaps, in her case, it creates the biggest opportunities.She remembered the dress conspiracy.It had been one of the quieter attempts to ruin Isadora's reputation in the story.It had been almost too insignificant to notice.“In the story, Isadora was supposed to wear a beautiful emerald-green gown, during a formal appearance at the palace.”She paused.“But that dress had been tampered with.. Almost not obvious, though.. The stitching around a sleeves had been weakened, while the clasp at the back had been deliberately damaged.. I think that's what seraphina made a maid tamper with, to ruin Isadora's reputation.”Then, she thought.'What happened after Isadora's appearance..'She deliberated.Then, she gasped.“The dress would tear in front of the council... While Isadora would be humiliated.”She shook her head.“And that bitchy Seraphina wou