Celeste
I trembled where I stood as the omega stepped away with a triumphant grin on her face. She wouldn’t even respond to my questions after dropping that bomb on me. What did she mean by that?
I was boiling so much that wiping that grin off her face with my fangs would have been an awesome idea—just that I hadn’t even shifted yet. I guess Lyra’s persona was rubbing off me somehow. I wasn’t this violent.
“Lyra, tell me I heard things wrongly. What did she just say?” I asked Lyra, hoping she heard something else. I hoped with everything in me that it wasn’t true. My ears should have been playing a prank on me, right?
“Your performance tonight would determine Maita’s treatment in the dungeon.” I sucked in a deep breath, trying to steady my heartbeat as Lyra repeated what the omega’s s
