24

Dustin

“ Your Highness, we are being— ”

“ Followed. ” I tell Ronac, who is trying to tell me about the little problem on our tail. “ Don’t worry about it. Go inspect that part of the wall and come back to tell me if they are here yet. ”

Lana is like a leech. She refuses to stop attaching herself to my side since she saw me at the selection ceremony.

I should have known she would follow me all the way to the South to do…

What exactly?

I press my lips in a thin line. For the first time in my life, I have no idea what someone wants or is planning.

I can’t read her face like I do with others. I can’t even wrap my head around any possible reasons to explain why she is acting like this.

She has become more of a mystery than I like. Even Ciena can’t figure her out.

But this is not what’s annoying me. The real problem is that the Moon Goddess has stopped visiting me like an uninvited guest in my life after Lana came my way.

I know that Selene knows everything, and I need to ask her, but she