Selene's POV
My legs were still shaking when the door opened.
I didn't sit but almost did. My body pushed for it, hard enough that I felt it in my knees, in my side, in the way my balance shifted for a second longer.
But I didn't move.
I stayed where I was.
Standing.
Again?
The thought came sharp and quick.
I had only been here for a few days—at least, that was what it felt like—and already, I was being called out more than I could keep track of.
That wasn't normal.
Even for this place.
The guards stepped in, and for the first time, I saw it.
Not in their faces.
In the pause.
The smallest delay before the man spoke.
"You are coming with us."
Of course I am.
I nodded once and walked toward them before my body could betray me. Each step fe
