Maddie
After Axel Goodman left, the suffocating tension in the room lingered like an oppressive fog. I didn’t need to look at Elina to feel her disdain burning into my back. Her words had already cut deep, but as always, she wasn’t finished.
“Who do you think you are, pretending to be a Luna?” she spat, her voice dripping with venom as she did.
I clenched my fists, willing myself to stay calm, but my heart was pounding madly against my chest, my emotions in disarray.
"You will be exposed before everyone in the council when you fail the tests, girl," she continued, her tone sharp. Enough to draw blood as she glared down at me, sending shivers down my spine.
Her words were meant to break me, to strip me of any confidence I had left. But I refused to give her the satisfaction of seeing
