Aurelia pov
I didn't sleep,I lay on my narrow mattress staring at the ceiling while Selina's words replayed in my head like a punishment I couldn't escape.
‘They're planning to send you away from Silver Crest.’
I turned onto my side and pressed my fist against my mouth so the sob wouldn't escape through the thin walls. The servants' quarters were never quiet at night. Someone was always coughing, or shuffling across the corridor, or whispering. If anyone heard me cry, it would reach Serena before sunrise.
I refused to give her that. My eyes burned but stayed dry. I'd run out of tears somewhere between midnight and the early hours when the territory finally went silent. Outside my window, Silver Crest looked peaceful under the moonlight. Wolves had returned to their homes after the cer
