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The room is silent. The members of the Board of Directors sit in their semi-circle, their faces passive, waiting for my response.
Sly reaches forward and squeezes my hand. His presence anchors me, reminding me that he is here with me. We are here to face this challenge together.
Why do I think I deserve to be Luna?
"I don't," I answer honestly. "You'd be better off without me."
Clancy's smile warms as he rubs his hands together like I’ve just given him an unexpected present.
"From her own mouth, she admits it,” his icy tone chills me to my soul as he glares in my direction, his hand outstretched as he points at me. “She isn't good enough.”
A few turn and whisper as Clancy continues to rant. “As far as I see it,” the Beta-emeritus concludes, “This meeting is over, she do
