KATHERINE
It took me a few agonizing seconds to gather the courage to turn around.
A desperate, childish part of me wanted to keep walking, foolishly believing that if I just ignored her, I could pretend Karen hadn't just materialized like a specter right behind my back.
This is going to be bad.
If that woman had managed to detest me when I was nothing but an innocent, broken three-year-old orphan, if she had successfully banished me from her house and family only a few weeks ago simply because, in her eyes, I wasn't being a good enough Luna... I didn't dare imagine what she might think of me now that the scandal of my divorce was public news, and for unspecified ‘personal reasons’ too.
I took a slow, grounding breath and turned on my heel.
Evading her was impossible other than usele
