Everyone Thought My Screams Were Fake
Selena still had tears on her cheeks, but for one instant, the look she gave my mother was cold enough to strip away every mask she had worn.
The Enforcers took her into custody while she screamed Adrian's name.
He didn't follow.
He sat on the concrete floor beside the stretcher, staring at the white sheet covering me.
No one around him spoke.
Then, without warning, Adrian raised both hands and pressed them over his ears.
I knew what he could hear.
Not the machinery. Not Selena crying.
The laughter from the ballroom.
The entire pack laughing.
Noah laughing.
And clearest of all, his own voice telling everyone I was only pretending.