***Serena***
I exit the bathroom at the Blackwater pack house, wearing a slightly more normal looking outfit this time of a simple jeans and t-shirt. I turn toward the stairs just as Louis is hurrying up them and he looks at me rather anxiously.
"The council are here to check on you, your brother must've kicked up a huge fuss," he tells me in a hushed voice.
"Yeah, I could see why he might have done that," I reply happily.
"Serena...I promise you will be treated so well if you could just...pretend. Please pretend. Or...Valmir is going to have to compel you to do so. My father is going to give him that trinket if you cooperate with the Council representative," he says quietly as I approach him. I scowl at Louis and bite my lip, equally anxious.
"Louis, this could be my escape...WHY wou
