ELLA
As I walked away, I replayed the conversation in my head and couldn’t help but smile at how I had handled the situation. It was better than I expected. I had been thrown off by his sudden appearance, but I quickly adapted and made the best of it.
“I didn’t cower,” I muttered to myself as a grin crept onto my face.
I felt elated. For a moment, I forgot about everything else that was troubling my mind and focused on being an entirely different person from who Lucian and his brother knew.
I could tell that he wasn’t expecting that - but he should’ve known better. From the moment they rejected me, it sparked a flame in my soul. One I never knew was capable of being lit, and while I was seemingly unable to fan the embers on my own, Lyla had been a great source of encouragement.
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