Aurelia's POV
I couldn't face the world. Not today. Not when every student on campus had seen me at my most vulnerable, my most intimate moments turned into entertainment for their cruel amusement.
The apartment felt like a prison, but it was safer than the alternative. My phone had been buzzing non-stop since yesterday—unknown numbers, social media notifications, messages I didn't have the courage to read. I'd turned it off hours ago and buried it under my pillow.
"We should go out," Luna said restlessly in my mind. "Face them down. Show them we're not broken."
"I am broken," I whispered to the empty room, pulling my knees closer to my chest on the couch. "They destroyed me, Luna. My reputation, my future, everything."
"Only if you let them. You're stronger than this."
But I didn't
