|Luna Moore|
The moment I step onto the school grounds, I feel it.
The shift.
The way the air feels heavier, the way conversations pause as I pass by, the way hushed whispers coil around me like vines, tightening, suffocating.
I don't care.
I keep walking, my head held high, my expression blank. My heels click against the tiled floors as I make my way down the hall, and despite the stares, the murmurs, the f*****g weight of it all pressing down on my chest, I refuse to acknowledge any of it.
Until I hear her name.
"Did you hear?"
"Carter and Aurelia are engaged."
"I knew they were together, but so soon?"
"Well, what do you expect? They have to get married now."
A laugh. A cruel, mocking sound. "She's probably pregnant."
Everything in me stills.
Pregnant?
My fingers curl into
