lle's

cracks in the wall were a stark testament to h

helped her up. "It's al

yes wide. "My Luna, you defied him...

lling her down to sit beside me. She immediately

om now on, you are my friend, my only

welled. She nodded vigorously. "

away. That attachment had earned her nothing but humiliation. Now, I fou

my eyes and ears. Watch Livia and her maids. Gather information fo

My Luna. The other maids, they all

lips. The staff noticed t

a sapphire ring that had belonged to my mother. I offered it to Faye. "Use this i

This is from your mother. I can't take i

nd she shared whispers and secrets from the castle. She told me which guards were gamblers, which cooks

"Some of the older warriors... they say your father,

, then Alaric's hatred for me was built on a lie. Th

on the ceremony tonight.

. In the very back, tucked away in the bottom of a ches

blood-red silk. The onl

r of power,

eyes fixed on the dress. A

curtsied, her back stra

perfect for you tonigh

n't called me Luna. I smiled.