Selena’s POV
The banquet had reached its brightest moment.
Crystal chandeliers spilled a thousand rays, scattering light across the hall until it gleamed like day. The orchestra played waltzes from the corner, students and guests gliding in time, champagne fizzing in crystal flutes, roses perfuming the air.
—It should have been a dream.
But standing in the light, I felt myself pushed into shadow.
Nora.
My gaze locked on her. She clung to Kade’s arm like a victor, smiling shy but dazzling, her gown catching the light like a star against the night sky—soft, but impossible to ignore. Whispers followed her everywhere. All eyes were on her.
Even the king and queen.
They had accepted her. An Omega.
And just moments ago, the two most handsome boys in the academy—one a prince, the other a
