BLUE ROCK
It was completely silent everywhere in Blue Rock when the Aethon envoy departed. Luna Aria climbed the palace stairs with such anguish that sweat began gushing off her skin. She walked with her spine straight, chin high, though her hands trembled beneath the folds of her sleeves. The doors to her chambers shut behind her with a loud thud, cutting off the murmurs of the pack below. The moment the latch slid into place, her composure shattered.
Her fingers wrapped around a crystal goblet, and it flew across the room and shattered against the far wall when she hurled it with such precision.
“Damn them,” Aria hissed, pacing. “Damn their eyes. Damn their questions.”
“Temper, sister.”
The voice came from the shadowed doorway to the adjoining room.
Davina stepped out slowly, her p
