SLOANE'S POV
A strange mix of emotions crashed into me all at once. Relief, anxiety, disbelief.
And something else. Determination.
“This is a mistake,” Luna Maggie spat coldly, rising to her feet. “And when it backfires, I hope all of you remember this moment.”
“No,” Elder Lucas replied calmly. “When it succeeds, you will.”
Her glare could have killed.
Callen pushed his chair back with a loud scrape, his expression dark as his gaze flicked to me.
“Don’t embarrass us,” he muttered before walking out.
I watched him go, my jaw tightening slightly.
“Like I care what he thinks,” Scarlett scoffed.
But I did. Not because his opinion mattered, but because failure would prove him right. And that? I couldn’t afford.
The meeting slowly adjourned after that, council members rising and fi
