Arabella Thornhill:- I drew in a final breath and tried to summon up all the courage that was still within me. This uncertainty bothered me, but there was no room to stop and rethink my actions. I knew what Maria said was true, that this was my shot, blood moon or not. I had waited for too long to seek justice, and there was no one, or no circumstance, including Declan’s increased security measures or Elias’s postponement, that could prevent me from getting what was rightfully mine. Maria took my arm and walked me out of the room, I could feel the tension slowly building up. The hall was quiet and had the dim lights on, so there was no one else in the hallway except for several of Declan’s guards standing by the far door, and they ignored us. I had butterflies in my stomach and felt the

