Lydia sighed dramatically, running a hand through her hair. “Dominic and I… we weren’t meant to be. We were forced into that bond. It wasn’t like what he has with Ella.” She exhaled sharply, her nails tapping against her glass. “Our relationship was nothing but duty.”
Duty.
I almost laughed.
Lydia was many things, but dutiful was never one of them.
I raised an eyebrow. “And you were okay with that?”
She shrugged. “I had no choice.”
Lies.
Lydia never did anything unless it benefited her. She wasn’t the type to just accept fate.
I kept pushing. “But still, you were his Luna. You had power, status. Yet you walked away. Why?”
This time, she hesitated longer.
Something flickered in her eyes. Anger? Regret? Something else?
Then, she smiled, a slow, calculated smile. “Dominic didn’t lo
