Selene's POV
By the next morning, they stopped pretending I was just being watched.
Now, I was being used.
The change wasn't announced.
No one explained it.
But I felt it the moment I stepped into the lower training hall.
The space was larger than I expected, open with high stone walls and no decoration. It wasn't built to impress. It was built for function. Every movement echoed slightly, every step noticeable, every mistake impossible to hide.
And I wasn't alone.
A few of them were already there.
Not nobles. Not the ones who watched from a distance and whispered behind calm expressions.
These ones were different. They were watching openly.
I stopped just inside the entrance, taking it in without moving further.
"They didn't tell you?"
The voice ca
