“What? When were you going to tell me this?”Viona had the decency to look ashamed. “Look, I’m sorry. I should have told you sooner. But Hannah, you should have seen him. He was so worried about you, about the baby.”For a moment, it felt as if all the air had been sucked out of the room. I had an i
HannahI found myself standing outside Noah’s office door. The sun had begun its nightly descent, the shadows in the hall lengthening. I hadn’t seen Noah all day; he had abruptly canceled our daily bonding time that morning, and I wondered if my locking the bedroom door last night when I heard him s
I waited, staring at him with wide eyes, silently begging him to remember—to have saved at least one of our letters, just like I did.But Noah just blinked again, looking utterly devoid of emotion. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said simply.I stared at him, astounded. He didn’t…It fe
HannahThe room was silent as I cautiously approached the table, although my heart was pounding so hard in my chest I wondered if they could all hear it.The eyes of every Luna in the room were fixed on me, their gazes stern and appraising. I had never felt so small. Not since my rebirth, at least.
HannahI returned home that night feeling lighter than air, unable to hide the small smile playing on my lips.The Luna Council meeting had gone better—so much better—than I could have hoped. For the first time in weeks, I felt like I had a new purpose, a new step in the right direction. The shackle
Noah’s jaw clenched, a muscle ticking in his cheek. “Hannah, I’ve apologized profusely for locking you in, and I am genuinely sorry for that. I was wrong, and I’m trying to make amends for that and for everything else. Can’t you see that?”I shook my head, feeling a sudden surge of anger that I had
HannahI picked up my phone, my heart racing as I dialed a number I hadn’t called in months. As it rang, I paced back and forth in my bedroom, my free hand nervously fidgeting with the hem of my shirt.My sister, Lily, still lived at home with our parents. We hadn’t spoken in some time; after I got
I just… never cared before. All I cared about was marrying a handsome man and becoming his Luna. I was weak before. But not now; now, I intended to take up my birthright and put that weak, simpering girl behind me.“Oh, you know, just... worried about the family,” I replied, perhaps a little too qui