THIRD PERSON POV
Mari nodded fervently as she finished off the coverage on Vera’s face.
“And people are already talking. OMG, it’s already becoming such a scandal. They’re saying all this ridiculous and nasty stuff about Vera.” She paused, eyeing her friend with hesitation and barely concealed curiosity. “They’re saying that the triplets have lost interest in you and that they… secretly rejected you after the Selection. Is that… is that true?”
Vera went rigid.
The wheels began spinning in Indigo’s mind—piecing together the drastic implications of what that meant. Not just for Vera, but for herself as well—for the years of pretense and false loyalty she had sold to Vera just to stay by her side.
“Did that—did that actually happen?” Her eyes fixed on Vera—wide, calculating. “If that’s t
