Chapter 66

Veronica’s POV

“Jadeline had a bigger plan than just having me exiled,” I told Sebastian.

We are currently awake at dawn. He was on the couch in our chambers, yawning and watching me pace around the room.

“And that plan includes the moonstone?” he asks, trying to think with his hand on his creased forehead and sleepy eyes glaring into space trying to not fall into slumber, “I thought they took it from you after you were caught during the frame up?

“Yeah, they took the moonstone from me. It was their strongest evidence,” I answered, still walking back and forth.

My mind is very alive right now. The adrenaline and the rush of my theories sending off any hint of grogginess away. Then, I slowed down and halted on my feet.

I stared at the night outside where the moon was hiding behind the cloudy sky. I noticed that it has been cloudy lately, even when we were traveling back from Metropolis to Helios.

The clouds make the ether look like a painting, like it wasn’t—

“Real,” I whispered the